Glycemic and lipid control among patients with diabetes at six U.S. public hospitals

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1060-1075

  Chew, Lisa D ^a   Schillinger, Dean ^b   Maynard, Charles ^c   Lessler, Daniel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Diabetes; Disparities; Public hospitals; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN A; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149196973     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0079     Document Type: Article

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