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Competing Demands or Clinical Inertia: The Case of Elevated Glycosylated Hemoglobin

Michael L. Parchman, Jacqueline A. Pugh, Raquel L. Romero and Krista W. Bowers
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2007, 5 (3) 196-201; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.679
Michael L. Parchman
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vol. 5 no. 3 196-201
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.679
PubMed 
17548846

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The Annals of Family Medicine
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1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication July 2, 2006
  • Revision received October 20, 2006
  • Accepted for publication November 18, 2006
  • Published online June 4, 2007.

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  1. Michael L. Parchman, MD, MPH1,2,
  2. Jacqueline A. Pugh, MD1,3,
  3. Raquel L. Romero, MD1,2 and
  4. Krista W. Bowers, MD3
  1. 1VERDICT Health Services Research Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Tex
  2. 2Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio, San Antonio, Tex
  3. 3Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio, San Antonio, Tex
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Michael L. Parchman, MD, MPH, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, VERDICT 11C6, 7400 Merton Minter Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78229-4404, parchman{at}uthscsa.edu

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