Hospital admission rates for a racially diverse low-income cohort of patients with diabetes: The urban diabetes study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1260-1264

  Robbins, Jessica M ^a   Webb, David A ^b  

^a PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Ambulatory Health Services ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHILADELPHIA; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33745668162     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.059600     Document Type: Article

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