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Diabetes

Hemoglobin A1C testing frequency among patients with type 2 diabetes within a US payer system: a retrospective observational study

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Pages 1859-1866 | Received 04 Mar 2021, Accepted 04 Aug 2021, Published online: 26 Aug 2021

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