Research ArticleOriginal Research

The Impact of Social and Clinical Complexity on Diabetes Control Measures

Erika K. Cottrell, Jean P. O'Malley, Katie Dambrun, Brian Park, Michelle A. Hendricks, Hongzhi Xu, Mary Charlson, Andrew Bazemore, Elizabeth Ann Shenkman, Abby Sears and Jennifer E. DeVoe
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2020, 33 (4) 600-610; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.04.190367

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