Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 150-161 , May 2007

Gender and Racial Disparities in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus Among Medicare Patients

  • Ann F. Chou, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Administration and Policy, College of Public Health and College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Author: Ann F. Chou. Department of Health Administration and Policy, College of Public Health and College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, 801 NE 13th St., CHB 355, Oklahoma City, OK 73120, Phone: 405-271-2115; Fax: 405-271-1868
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  • Arleen F. Brown, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California
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  • Roxanne E. Jensen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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  • Sarah Shih, MPH

      Affiliations

    • The National Committee for Quality Assurance 2000 L St., Suite 500, Washington, DC
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  • Greg Pawlson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • The National Committee for Quality Assurance 2000 L St., Suite 500, Washington, DC
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  • Sarah Hudson Scholle, DrPH, MPH

      Affiliations

    • The National Committee for Quality Assurance 2000 L St., Suite 500, Washington, DC

Received 21 December 2006 ,Revised 11 January 2007 ,Accepted 23 March 2007.

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PII: S1049-3867(07)00056-4

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.03.003

Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 150-161 , May 2007

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