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Review
. 2016 Mar 7:352:i1084.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.i1084.

Hypoglycemia as an indicator of good diabetes care

Rene Rodriguez-Gutierrez  1 , Kasia J Lipska  2 , Rozalina G McCoy  3 , Naykky Singh Ospina  4 , Henry H Ting  5 , Victor M Montori  4 ; Hypoglycemia as a Quality Measure in Diabetes Study Group
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Review

Hypoglycemia as an indicator of good diabetes care

Rene Rodriguez-Gutierrez et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Rene Rodriguez-Gutierrez and colleagues argue that more attention should be paid to hypoglycemia when assessing management of diabetes

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Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare KJL receives support from CMS to develop and maintain publicly reported quality measures.

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