Does health service use in a diabetes management program contribute to health disparities at a facility level? optimizing resources with demographic predictors

Population Health Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 139-147

  Robinson, Susan ^a   Baron, Robert B ^b   Cooper, Bruce ^a   Janson, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACY STUDENT; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67650819342     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2008.0026     Document Type: Article

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