Socioeconomic factors relating to diabetes and its management in India

Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 12-23

  Shrivastava, Usha ^a,b,c   Misra, Anoop ^a,b,c,d   Gupta, Rajeev ^e   Viswanathan, Vijay ^f,g  

^a Centre for Public Health India   (India)

^b National Diabetes Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation   (India)

^c Diabetes Foundation India New Delhi   (India)

^d Fortis Centre of Excellence for Diabetes Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology   (India)

^e FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

^f MV Hospital for Diabetes   (India)

^g Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

Author keywords

Asian Indians; Awareness; Cost of diabetes care; Diabetes; Migration; Social factors

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIGRATION; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84953898333     PISSN: 17530393     EISSN: 17530407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-0407.12316     Document Type: Review

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