Strategies to reduce diabetes disparities: An update

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 762-768

  Betancourt, Joseph R ^a,b   Duong, Jason V ^a   Bondaryk, Matthew R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Cultural competence; Diabetes; Diabetes education; Diabetes management; Disparities; Health information technology; Multifactorial approaches; Nurse case management; Promotora; Telemedicine; Treatment algorithms

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNICITY; EYE EXAMINATION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870710477     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-012-0324-1     Document Type: Article

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