Ethnic differences in Type 2 diabetes care and outcomes in Auckland: A multiethnic community in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1235, 2006, Pages

  Robinson, Tom ^a,b   Simmons, David ^c   Scott, David ^b   Howard, Eileen ^b   Pickering, Karen ^b   Cutfield, Rick ^d   Baker, John ^a   Patel, Ashwin ^e   Wellingham, John ^d   Morton, Sara ^b  

^a Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

^b Diabetes Projects Trust   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAORI; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROALBUMINURIA; NEW ZEALAND; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ABORIGINE; AGED; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745113201     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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