Racial and ethnic differences in utilization of health services in patients with diabetes enrolled in medicaid

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 562-575

  Vargas, Roberto B ^a,b   Davis, Roger B ^c   McCarthy, Ellen P ^c   Li, Donglin ^c   Iezzoni, Lisa I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Diabetes; Disparities; Emergency service; Ethnic groups; Geographic variation; Health service utilization; Hospitalization; Medicaid; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH VISITOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; RACE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8844281624     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2004.0074     Document Type: Article

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