Evaluation of equity in diabetes health care in relation to African and Caribbean ethnicity

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-133

  Sedgwick, James E C ^a,b   Pearce, Alison J ^a   Gulliford, Martin C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Brighton and Hove City PCT ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Diabetes mellitus; Ethnic groups; Health services accessibility

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DIABETES; EQUITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AGED; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141571302     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850303560     Document Type: Review

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