Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 316-322 , September 2010

Self-Reported Delays in Receipt of Health Care among Women with Diabetes and Cardiovascular Conditions

  • Judy H. Ng, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Judy H. Ng, The National Committee for Quality Assurance, 1100 13th Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005. Phone: 202-657-6567; fax: 202-955-3599.
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  • Shakeh J. Kaftarian, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland
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  • Wilma M. Tilson, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
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  • Paul Gorrell, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland
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  • Xiuhua Chen, MS

      Affiliations

    • Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland
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  • Francis D. Chesley Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland
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  • Sarah Hudson Scholle, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • The National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC

Received 14 September 2009 ,Revised 8 June 2010 ,Accepted 10 June 2010.

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 Supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The views expressed in this article are the authors' and do not necessarily represent the views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or of Social and Scientific Systems, Inc. The principle investigator, Sarah Hudson Scholle, had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.06.002

Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 316-322 , September 2010

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