The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 2 , Pages 290-295 , February 2009

Organizational Attributes of Practices Successful at a Disease Management Program

  • Michelle M. Cloutier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
    • Asthma Center, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Michelle M. Cloutier, MD, Asthma Center, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, 282 Washington Street, Hartford, CT 06106
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  • Dorothy B. Wakefield, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
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  • John Tsimikas, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics and Financial/Actuarial Mathematics, University of the Aegean, Samos, Greece
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  • Charles B. Hall, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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  • Howard Tennen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
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  • Kevin Brazil, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Saint Joseph's Health System Research Network, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Received 6 March 2008 ,Revised 5 June 2008 ,Accepted 7 August 2008.

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 Supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant RO1 HL70785. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00696-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.08.014

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 2 , Pages 290-295 , February 2009

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