The use of insulin declines as patients live farther from their source of care: Results of a survey of adults with type 2 diabetes

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Littenberg, Benjamin ^a,b   Strauss, Kaitlin ^a   MacLean, Charles D ^a   Troy, Austin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE DURATION; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE; SELF REPORT; TRAVEL; BLOOD; CAR DRIVING; CLASSIFICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSULIN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NEW YORK; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSPORTATION; VERMONT;

EID: 33748131330     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-198     Document Type: Article

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