Health disparities between diabetic patients under private and public health coverage in Puerto Rico, 2000

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 363-368

  Pérez Perdomo, Rosa ^a   Pérf z Cardona, Cynthia M ^a   Disdier Flores, Orville M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Health disparities; Health reform; Insurance coverage; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUERTO RICO; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 1642445660     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: 23736011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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