Impact of language barriers on complications and mortality among immigrants with diabetes: A population-based cohort study

Diabetes Care

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 189-195

  Okrainec, Karen ^a,b   Booth, Gillian L ^c,d,e   Hollands, Simon ^c   Bell, Chaim M ^b,c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT ULCER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOFT TISSUE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921929799     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc14-0801     Document Type: Note

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