Management and glycemic control of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at primary care level in Kedah, Malaysia: A statewide evaluation

Sharifah Saffinas Syed Soffian; Shahrul Bariyah Ahmad; Huan-Keat Chan; Shahrul Aiman Soelar; Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan; Norhizan Ismail

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223383

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Management and glycemic control of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at primary care level in Kedah, Malaysia: A statewide evaluation

Sharifah Saffinas Syed Soffian ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharifah Saffinas Syed Soffian, Shahrul Bariyah Ahmad, Huan-Keat Chan, Shahrul Aiman Soelar, Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan, Norhizan Ismail

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: huankeat123@yahoo.com

Affiliation State Health Department, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
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Shahrul Bariyah Ahmad ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharifah Saffinas Syed Soffian, Shahrul Bariyah Ahmad, Huan-Keat Chan, Shahrul Aiman Soelar, Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan, Norhizan Ismail

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation State Health Department, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
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Huan-Keat Chan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharifah Saffinas Syed Soffian, Shahrul Bariyah Ahmad, Huan-Keat Chan, Shahrul Aiman Soelar, Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan, Norhizan Ismail

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6710-7257

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Shahrul Aiman Soelar ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharifah Saffinas Syed Soffian, Shahrul Bariyah Ahmad, Huan-Keat Chan, Shahrul Aiman Soelar, Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan, Norhizan Ismail

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
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Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharifah Saffinas Syed Soffian, Shahrul Bariyah Ahmad, Huan-Keat Chan, Shahrul Aiman Soelar, Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan, Norhizan Ismail

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
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Norhizan Ismail

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharifah Saffinas Syed Soffian, Shahrul Bariyah Ahmad, Huan-Keat Chan, Shahrul Aiman Soelar, Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan, Norhizan Ismail

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation State Health Department, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
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Management and glycemic control of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at primary care level in Kedah, Malaysia: A statewide evaluation

Sharifah Saffinas Syed Soffian,
Shahrul Bariyah Ahmad,
Huan-Keat Chan,
Shahrul Aiman Soelar,
Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan,
Norhizan Ismail

Published: October 3, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223383

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