Educational disparities in quality of diabetes care in a universal health insurance system: Evidence from the 2005 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 397-404

  Do, Young Kyung ^a   Eggleston, Karen N ^b  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Inequality; Quality of care; Socioeconomic status; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROALBUMINURIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 79960534222     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzr035     Document Type: Article

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