Insurance, racial/ethnic, SES-related disparities in quality of care among US adults with diabetes

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 565-575

  Hu, Ruwei ^a,b   Shi, Leiyu ^b   Rane, Sarika ^b   Zhu, Jinsheng ^b   Chen, Chien Chou ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c LING TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Primary care; Quality of care; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904405531     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-013-9966-6     Document Type: Article

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