JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 354-360 , June 2009

Status of Diabetes Management in the Nursing Home Setting in 2008: A Retrospective Chart Review and Epidemiology Study of Diabetic Nursing Home Residents and Nursing Home Initiatives in Diabetes Management

  • Stephen M. Feldman, RPh, FASCP

      Affiliations

    • The ICPS Group, Norwood, MA
    • Northeastern University School of Pharmacy, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Stephen M. Feldman, RPh, FASCP, The ICPS Group, 3 Edgewater Drive, Suite 205, Norwood, MA 02062.
    • ,
  • Ronald Rosen, MD, CMD

      Affiliations

    • The ICPS Group, Norwood, MA
    • North Shore Physicians Group-Extended Care, Salem, MA
    • ,
  • Jonathan DeStasio, PharmD Candidate

      Affiliations

    • Northeastern University School of Pharmacy, Boston, MA

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 The study was supported by funding from Novo Nordisk and the authors had full independence.

PII: S1525-8610(09)00087-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.02.010

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 354-360 , June 2009

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