Excessive hospitalizations and its associated economic burden among people with diabetes in the United States

Value in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-272

  Kim, Sunny ^a   Boye, Kristina S ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Health care costs; Health care utilization; USA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; RISK; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60349096302     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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