Income-related differences in mortality among people with diabetes mellitus

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2010, Pages E1-E17

  Lipscombe, Lorraine L ^a,b,d   Austin, Peter C ^a,c   Manuel, Douglas G ^a,c   Shah, Baiju R ^a,b,e   Hux, Janet E ^a,b,c   Booth, Gillian L ^a,b,f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77952138678     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.090495     Document Type: Article

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