Are Low-Income Elderly Patients at Risk for Poor Diabetes Care?
Open Access
- 1 May 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Diabetes Association in Diabetes Care
- Vol. 27 (5) , 1060-1065
- https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.27.5.1060
Abstract
OBJECTIVE—Diabetes is common among low-income elderly, dual-eligible (DE) Medicare/Medicaid patients resulting in significant morbidity, mortality, and cost. However, the quality of diabetes care delivered to these patients has not been evaluated. The aims of this study were to describe the quality of diabetes care provided to DE patients and compare it with non-DE patients.This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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