The costs of treating American Indian adults with diabetes within the Indian health service

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-308

  O'Connell, Joan M ^a   Wilson, Charlton ^b   Manson, Spero M ^a   Acton, Kelly J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857267106     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300332     Document Type: Article

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