Health Behaviors and Quality of Care among Latinos with Diabetes in Managed Care

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1694-1698

  Brown, Arleen F ^a   Gerzoff, Robert B ^b   Karter, Andrew J ^c   Gregg, Edward ^b   Safford, Monika ^d   Waitzfelder, Beth ^e   Beckles, Gloria L A ^b   Brusuelas, Rebecca ^a   Mangione, Carol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e PACIFIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; SELF MONITORING; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642345352     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.10.1694     Document Type: Article

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