Patterns and correlates of emergency department use by individuals with diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1748-1750

  Egede, Leonard E ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042798589     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.7.1748     Document Type: Article

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