Continuing Stability of Center Differences in Pediatric Diabetes Care: Do Advances in Diabetes Treatment Improve Outcome?

Continuing Stability of Center Differences in Pediatric Diabetes Care: Do Advances in Diabetes Treatment Improve Outcome? The Hvidoere Study Group on Childhood Diabetes Carine E. de Beaufort , MD, PHD 1 , Peter G.F. Swift , MD 2 , Chas T. Skinner , PHD 3 , Henk J. Aanstoot , MD, PHD 4 , Jan Åman , MD 5 , Fergus Cameron , MD 6 , Pedro Martul , MD 7 , Francesco Chiarelli , MD 8 , Dennis Daneman , MD 9 , Thomas Danne , MD 10 , Harry Dorchy , MD, PHD 11 , Hilary Hoey , MD 12 , Eero A. Kaprio , MD 13 , Francine Kaufman , MD 14 , Mirjana Kocova , MD, PHD 15 , Henrik B. Mortensen , MD 16 , Pal R. Njølstad , MD, PHD 17 , Moshe Phillip , MD 18 , Kenneth J. Robertson , MD 19 , Eugen J. Schoenle , MD 20 , Tatsuhiko Urakami , MD 21 , Maurizio Vanelli , MD 22 and on behalf of the Hvidoere Study Group on Childhood Diabetes 2005 1 DECCP, Clinique Pédiatrique/Centre Hospitalier, Luxembourg 2 Department of Paediatrics, Leicester Royal Infirmary Children's Hospital Leicester, U.K 3 Department of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia 4 Diabetes, Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 5 Department of Pediatrics, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden 6 Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 7 Endocrinology and Diabetes Research Group, Hospital de Cruces, Cruces, Spain 8 Department of Pediatrics, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy 9 Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 10 Kinderkrankenhaus auf der Bult, Hannover, Germany 11 Diabetology Clinic, Children's University Hospital Queen Fabiola, Brussels, Belgium 12 Department of Paediatrics, Trinity College, National Childrens Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 13 Department of Paediatrics, Peijas Hospital, Vantaa, Finland 14 Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles California 15 Pediatric Clinic, Medical Faculty Department of Endocrinology and Genetics, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia 16 Paediatric Department L, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark 17 Department of Pediatrics, Haukeland University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway 18 National Center of Childhood Diabetes, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva, Israel 19 Department of Paediatrics, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, Scotland 20 Department of Paediatrics, University Childrens Hospital