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Community-based pharmacies: an opportunity to recruit patients?

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank all pharmacies, diabetic patients and practicing physicians who participated in the study. We also thank the partners and members of the working group for their collaboration. We thank Mrs. Lucienne Boujon for copy editing the manuscript. This study was funded by the Department of Public Health of the canton of Vaud. Dr. I. Peytremann-Bridevaux is supported by a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation [PROSPER N° 32333B-123817 and N° 32333B-139789].

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  1. Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), Lausanne University Hospital, 10 Route de la Corniche, 1010, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Isabelle Peytremann-Bridevaux, Julie Bordet, Valérie Santschi & Bernard Burnand

  2. Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Tinh-Hai Collet

  3. Service of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Marc Eggli

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Peytremann-Bridevaux, I., Bordet, J., Santschi, V. et al. Community-based pharmacies: an opportunity to recruit patients?. Int J Public Health 58, 319–322 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-012-0383-8

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