Differences in control of cardiovascular disease and diabetes by race, ethnicity, and education: U.S. trends from 1999 to 2006 and effects of Medicare coverage

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 505-515

  McWilliams, J Michael ^a   Meara, Ellen ^a   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^a   Ayanian, John Z ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65349187027     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-8-200904210-00005     Document Type: Article

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