Treating the Most Vulnerable and Costly in Diabetes

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Wagner, David V ^a   Stoeckel, Maggie ^a   E Tudor, Megan ^b   Harris, Michael A ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; DKA; Risk factor; Treatment; Type 1 diabetes; Vulnerable

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; EDUCATION; FAMILY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEMEDICINE; ADOLESCENT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT READMISSION; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928243329     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-015-0606-5     Document Type: Review

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