Social disadvantage: Its impact on the use of Medicare services related to diabetes in NSW

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 262-265

  Overland, Jane ^a   Hayes, Lillian ^a   Yue, Dennis K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; MICROALBUMINURIA; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036448669     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2002.tb00684.x     Document Type: Article

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