Absence of disparities in the quality of primary diabetes care for South Asians and Chinese in an urban Canadian setting

Diabetes Care

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 794-796

  Shah, Baiju R ^a,b,c   Cauch Dudek, Karen ^a   Anand, Sonia S ^d   Austin, Peter C ^a,b   Manuel, Douglas G ^a,e   Hux, Janet E ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CANADA; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH ASIA; URBAN AREA;

AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84862059213     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc11-1845     Document Type: Article

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