Diabetes treatment and control: The effect of public health insurance for the poor in Mexico

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 512-519

  Sosa Rubí, Sandra G ^a   Galárraga, Omar ^b   López Ridaura, Ruy ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

DIABETES; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; LOW INCOME POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PUBLIC SECTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67650868988     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.053256     Document Type: Article

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