Increase incidence and severity of diabetic ketoacidosis among uninsured children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-83

  Maniatis, Aristides K ^a,b   Goehrig, Stephanie H ^a   Gao, Dexiang ^b   Rewers, Arleta ^b   Walravens, Philippe ^a   Klingensmith, Georgeanna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic ketoacidosis; Insurance status; Medicaid; Public health; T1DM

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 21444451251     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-543X.2005.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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