Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing Associate Dean for Research Affairs Yale School of Nursing New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Dougherty G, Schiffrin A, White D, et al. Home-based management can achieve intensification cost-effectively in type 1 diabetes. Pediatrics 1999 Jan;103:122–8.Question Is a home based care programme more effective for glycaemic control and more cost effective than conventional hospital based care in children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus?
Source of funding: National Health Research and Development Program of Canada.
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