Inpatient to outpatient transfer of diabetes care: Perceptions of barriers to postdischarge followup in urban African American patients

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 238-243

  Wheeler, Kate ^a   Crawford, Rochanda ^b   McAdams, Debra ^b   Robinson, Rosa ^b   Dunbar, Virginia G ^b   Cook, Curtiss B ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Health services accessibility; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34447523797     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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