Patient, system and clinician level interventions to address disparities in diabetes care

Current Diabetes Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 244-248

  Brown, Arleen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care system; Interventions; LDL; Neighborhood level; Social Support

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES EDUCATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINORITY GROUP; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 36148973531     PISSN: 15733998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339907782329988     Document Type: Review

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