Open AccessHospital Admission Rates for a Racially Diverse Low-Income Cohort of Patients With Diabetes: The Urban Diabetes Study
Author(s) -
Jessica M. Robbins,
David Webb
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.059600
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , ethnic group , diabetes mellitus , demography , population , health care , cohort study , pharmacy , gerontology , emergency medicine , family medicine , environmental health , sociology , economic growth , anthropology , economics , endocrinology
We sought to determine the frequency and costs of hospitalization and to assess possible racial/ethnic disparities in a large cohort of low-income patients with diabetes who had received primary care at municipal health clinics.