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)
Date
04/2017
Journal
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Description
The purpose of this project was to identify individual- and place-based factors associated with diagnosed diabetes and foregone medical care among those diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes prevalence and foregone medical care were found to be higher for those with lower incomes, for several racial/ethnic groups, and in the South versus other regions.
Center
Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Authors
Samuel Towne Jr, Jane Bolin, Alva Ferdinand, Emily Nicklett, Matthew Smith, Marcia Ory