Self-reported racial discrimination in health care and diabetes outcomes

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 618-625

  Peek, Monica E ^a,b,c,d,e   Wagner, Julie ^f   Tang, Hui ^b,c   Baker, Dustyn C ^a,g   Chin, Marshall H ^a,b,c,e  

^a Section of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d The University of Chicago   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes; Discrimination; health disparities; healthcare delivery; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; RETINOPATHY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959525282     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318215d925     Document Type: Article

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