Gender differences in healthcare utilization of patients with diabetes

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 362-369

  Krämer, Heike U ^a   Rüter, Gernot ^b   Schöttker, Ben ^a   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a,c   Rosemann, Thomas ^d   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^e   Brenner, Hermann ^a   Raum, Elke ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b Practice of General Medicine   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84865311466     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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