Primary and specialty medical care among ethnically diverse, older rural adults with type 2 diabetes: The ELDER diabetes study

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 198-205

  Bell, Ronny A ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Snively, Beverly M ^a   Stafford, Jeanette M ^a   Smith, Shannon L ^a   Skelly, Anne H ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MEDICARE; NORTH CAROLINA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 25144524990     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2005.tb00083.x     Document Type: Article

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