Health care utilization and self-care behaviors of Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes: Comparison of national and ethnically diverse underserved populations

Population Health Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-20

  Remler, Dahlia K ^a   Teresi, Jeanne A ^b,c   Weinstock, Ruth S ^d   Ramirez, Mildred ^b   Eimicke, Joseph P ^b   Silver, Stephanie ^b   Shea, Steven ^e  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Research Division   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INSULIN GLARGINE; INSULIN LISPRO; ISOPHANE INSULIN; PIG INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; ETHNIC GROUP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSULIN PUMP; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MINORITY GROUP; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79951754245     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2010.0003     Document Type: Article

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