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. 2011 May;34 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S231-5.
doi: 10.2337/dc11-s235.

Multidrug treatment of type 2 diabetes: a challenge for compliance

Roberto Miccoli  1 , Giuseppe Penno, Stefano Del Prato
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Multidrug treatment of type 2 diabetes: a challenge for compliance

Roberto Miccoli et al. Diabetes Care. 2011 May.
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Figure 1
Unadjusted association between medication nonadherence (proportion of days covered <80%) and outcomes in 11,532 patients with diabetes. Adapted from Ho et al. (16).
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Figure 2
Proportion of patients in specialist care and in exclusively primary care with drug regimen intensification in response to poor glycemic control (HbA1c >8%). Adapted from Shah et al. (28).
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