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Medical claims-based case–control study of temporal relationship between clinical visits for hand syndromes and subsequent diabetes diagnosis: implications for identifying patients with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus

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  • Wen-Hsuan Hou Cochrane Taiwan, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan Master Program in Long-Term Care, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan School of Gerontology Health Management, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Chung-Yi Li Department and Graduate Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lu-Hsuan Chen Department and Graduate Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Liang-Yi Wang Department and Graduate Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Li-Chieh Kuo Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ken N Kuo Cochrane Taiwan, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hsiu-Nien Shen Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Chang-Ta Chiu Department of Dentistry, Tainan Municipal An-Nan Hospital, China Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Chang-Ta Chiu; chiouchangta{at}yahoo.com.tw
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Hou W, Li C, Chen L, et al
Medical claims-based case–control study of temporal relationship between clinical visits for hand syndromes and subsequent diabetes diagnosis: implications for identifying patients with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus
BMJ Open 2016;6:e012071. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012071

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  • Received March 28, 2016
  • Revised October 3, 2016
  • Accepted October 4, 2016
  • First published October 20, 2016.
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October 26, 2017
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