Disparities in diabetes-related hospitalizations: Relationship of age, sex, and race/ethnicity with hospital discharges, lengths of stay, and direct inpatient charges

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 126-131

  Cook, Curtiss B ^a   Naylor, Dorothy B ^b   Hentz, Joseph G ^a   Miller, William J ^e   Tsui, Circe ^d   Ziemer, David C ^d   Waller, Lance A ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Georgia Regional Hospital   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Laboratory Medicine   (United States)

^e School of Health Sciences Clayton College and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Disparities; Hospitalizations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HOSPITAL CHARGE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 33744990608     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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