Diabetes in the African-American medicare population: Morbidity, quality of care, and resource utilization

Diabetes Care

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1090-1095

  Chin, Marshall H ^a,b,c   Zhang, James X ^a   Merrell, Katie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b The University of Chicago   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; NEGRO; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031847306     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.21.7.1090     Document Type: Article

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