Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 56-65 , March 2006

Gender differences across racial and ethnic groups in the quality of care for diabetes

  • Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, MD, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, MD, MSc, PhD, Director, Women’s Health and Gender-Based Research, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850.
    • ,
  • Kelly McDermott, MA

      Affiliations

    • The Medstat Group, Inc, Rockville, Maryland
    • ,
  • Ernest Moy, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland

Received 4 October 2004 ,Revised 24 February 2005 ,Accepted 18 April 2005.

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 The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the Federal government

PII: S1049-3867(05)00064-2

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2005.08.003

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 56-65 , March 2006

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