Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 70, Issue 1 , Pages 102-110 , January 2008

Preferences for self-management support: Findings from a survey of diabetes patients in safety-net health systems

  • Urmimala Sarkar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Division of General Internal Medicine, UCSF Box 1732, San Francisco, CA 94143-1732, United States. Tel.: +1 415 476 1108; fax: +1 415 814 5770.
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  • John D. Piette

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research and Development, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, United States
    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
    • Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center, Ann Arbor, United States
    • ,
  • Ralph Gonzales

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, United States
    • ,
  • Daniel Lessler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
    • ,
  • Lisa D. Chew

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
    • ,
  • Brendan Reilly

      Affiliations

    • Cook County Bureau of Health Services, Chicago, United States
    • ,
  • Jolene Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Earl K. Long Medical Center, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, United States
    • ,
  • Melanie Brunt

      Affiliations

    • Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, United States
    • ,
  • Jennifer Huang

      Affiliations

    • George Washington University, Washington, United States
    • ,
  • Marsha Regenstein

      Affiliations

    • George Washington University, Washington, United States
    • ,
  • Dean Schillinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, United States
    • University of California San Francisco, Center for Vulnerable Populations, San Francisco General Hospital, United States

Received 18 February 2007 ,Revised 3 September 2007 ,Accepted 16 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.09.008

Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 70, Issue 1 , Pages 102-110 , January 2008

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