Low socioeconomic status and absence of supplemental health insurance as barriers to diabetes care access and utilization

Canadian Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 174-181

  Kwan, Janice ^a   Razzaq, Asma ^b   Leiter, Lawrence A ^a,c   Lillie, Donna ^d   Hux, Janet E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Canadian Diabetes Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 53649105420     PISSN: 14992671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1499-2671(08)23007-8     Document Type: Article

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