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Letters |18 January 2005

Diabetes Care in the Veterans Affairs System and in Managed Care

Eve A. Kerr, MD, MPH; Carol M. Mangione, MD, MSPH

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  • From VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0170; and David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024.
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As we mentioned in our article, the VA's transformation was indeed based on many managed care principles, and as the largest integrated health care system in the United States, it could, as Dr. Patmas suggests, be considered the nation's largest managed care organization. This is precisely what makes the comparison between diabetes care quality in commercial managed care and in the VA so interesting—one can begin to think about the elements unique to the VA that may have further enhanced quality beyond the strategies espoused in the commercial managed care plans. While comparisons between VA and non–managed care...
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Kerr EA, Mangione CM. Diabetes Care in the Veterans Affairs System and in Managed Care. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142:154. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-142-2-200501180-00021

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2005;142(2):154.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-142-2-200501180-00021

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