Persistent social disparities in the risk of hospital admission of paediatric diabetic patients in Germany - Prospective data from 1277 diabetic children and adolescents

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 440-442

  Icks, A ^a,c   Rosenbauer, J ^a   Strassburger, K ^b   Grabert, M ^a   Giani, G ^a   Holl, R W ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Documentation; Pediatric diabetes care; Prospective study; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33947369527     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02105.x     Document Type: Article

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