Insurance status and quality of diabetes care in community health centers

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 742-747

  Zhang, James X ^a,d   Huang, Elbert S ^a   Drum, Melinda L ^a   Kirchhoff, Anne C ^a   Schlichting, Jennifer A ^a   Schaefer, Cynthia T ^b   Heuer, Loretta J ^c   Chin, Marshall H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PLAN EMPLOYER DATA AND INFORMATION SET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63149139698     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.125534     Document Type: Article

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