The association between driving distance and glycemic control in rural areas

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 494-500

  Zgibor, Janice C ^a   Gieraltowski, Laura B ^b   Talbott, Evelyn O ^a   Fabio, Anthony ^a   Sharma, Ravi K ^c   Karimi, Hassan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Driving distance; Glycemic control; Rural

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE CENTER TRAVEL DISTANCE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PENNSYLVANIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856315113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681100500304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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