Self-monitoring of blood glucose before and after medicare expansion among medicare beneficiaries with diabetes who do not use insulin

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 358-364

  Li, Rui ^a,c   Zhang, Ping ^a   Narayan, K M Venkat ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; RISK FACTOR; SELF MONITORING; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39649120341     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.112185     Document Type: Article

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