Do diabetic patients living in racially segregated neighborhoods experience different access and quality of care?

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 692-699

  Chan, Kitty S ^a   Gaskin, Darrell J ^a   Dinwiddie, Gniesha Y ^a,b   McCleary, Rachael ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; diabetes; quality of care; residential segregation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863836727     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318254a43c     Document Type: Article

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