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Assessing Diabetes and Factors Associated with Foregoing Medical Care among Persons with Diabetes: Disparities Facing American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, Hispanic, Low Income, and Southern Adults in the U.S. (2011-2015)

Description
Identifies trends in care of and prevalence of diabetes in terms of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, and explores individual and community factors related to diabetes and diabetics' unmet medical needs. Features statistics on percentages of adults diagnosed with diabetes from 2011-2015 and distribution of diabetes and foregone medical care, with breakdowns including race or ethnicity, income, and levels of rurality.
Author(s)
Samuel D. Towne, Jr., Jane Bolin, Alva Ferdinand, et al.
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(5), 464
Date
05/2017
Type
Document
Tagged as
Access · American Indian or Alaska Native · Black or African American · Diabetes · Health disparities · Hispanic or Latino · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · The South