Racial Comparisons of Health Care and Glycemic Control for African American and White Diabetic Adults in an Urban Managed Care Organization

Disease Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-34

  Gary, Tiffany L ^a   McGuire, Maura ^a   McCauley, Jeanne ^a   Brancati, Frederick L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 1842422830     PISSN: 1093507X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109350704322918970     Document Type: Article

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