Excess mortality related to diabetes mellitus in elderly medicare beneficiaries

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 362-367

  Bertoni, Alain G ^a,b   Kirk, Julienne K ^a   Goff Jr , David C ^a   Wagenknecht, Lynne E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Diabetes; end stage renal disease; ESRD; health maintenance organization; HMO; ICD 9; International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision; Medicare; Mortality; person years; PY; relative risk; RR; SMR; standardized mortality ratio; US

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MEDICARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942597894     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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