Gender differences in the impact of poverty on health: Disparities in risk of diabetes-related amputation

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1410-1417

  Amin, L ^a   Shah, B R ^a,c,d,g   Bierman, A S ^a,b,c,f,g   Lipscombe, L L ^a,c,e,g   Wu, C F ^c   Feig, D S ^a,c,g,h   Booth, G L ^a,b,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG AMPUTATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POVERTY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; AMPUTATION; DIABETIC FOOT; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; INSURANCE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; REIMBURSEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; ONTARIO; POVERTY AREAS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84926100627     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12507     Document Type: Article

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