Role of Organizational Factors in Poor Blood Pressure Control in Patients With Type 2 DiabetesThe QuED Study Group—Quality of Care and Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes

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Abstract
DURING THE PAST several years, compelling evidence from recent clinical trials1,2 has increasingly underlined the fact that 2 important variables in medicine and health care, cardiovascular risk and diabetes mellitus, cannot be separated in strategies aimed at reducing the cardiovascular burden of disease. Only indirect and occasional data describe whether patients and populations with both clinical conditions undergo adequate treatment during routine health care. In particular, appropriate care for patients with type 2 diabetes requires a multidisciplinary and patient-tailored approach, which is not readily available. Despite the proliferation of several guidelines,3-5 independent reports document that even the best known and most traditional risk condition, essential hypertension, is inadequately managed.6-8