Can Food Stamps help to reduce Medicare spending on diabetes?

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Nicholas, Lauren Hersch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker data; Diabetes; Elderly; Food Stamps; Medicare spending

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENTS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WELFARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650679235     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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