Exhaustion of food budgets at month's end and hospital admissions for hypoglycemia

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 116-123

  Seligman, Hilary K ^a   Bolger, Ann F ^b   Guzman, David ^b   López, Andrea ^b   Bibbins Domingo, Kirsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH HAZARD; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HEALTH SURVEY; PERIODICITY; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUDGETS; CALIFORNIA; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERIODICITY; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL WELFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891795644     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0096     Document Type: Article

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