Differences in access to health care services between insured and uninsured adults with diabetes in Mexico

Diabetes Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 425-426

  Pagán, José A ^a,b   Puig, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 12844283838     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.2.425     Document Type: Article

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