Gender differences across racial and ethnic groups in the quality of care for diabetes

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 56-65

  Correa de Araujo, Rosaly ^a   McDermott, Kelly ^b   Moy, Ernest ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b The Medstat Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Disparities in health care; Gender based research; Men's health; Social inequalities; Women's health

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LIPID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE; FEMALE; FOOT; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LEG AMPUTATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NEGRO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETINA; SCREENING; SELF CARE; SKILL; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33646098171     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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