Background: Improving our understanding of social inequalities may improve prevention
and treatment efforts for diabetes mellitus. We examined the association between individual …

Importance Diabetes management operates under a complex interrelationship between
behavioral, social, and economic factors that affect a patient's ability to self-manage and …

Patient socioeconomic data is not usually included in medical records nor easily accessible
to clinicians, yet socioeconomic disadvantage can be an important guide to disease …

Objectives The prevalence of diabetes in Canada has nearly doubled since 2000. Trends in
social inequalities in diabetes across Canada and its different regions have not been …

Introduction Quality of care could be influenced by individual socio-economic status (SES)
and by residential area deprivation. The objective is to synthesize the current evidence …

Methods Clinical data from the Group Health Cooperative health care system were used to
estimate diabetes prevalence among 59,767 adults by census tract. Area-based measures …

AimAre there differences in diabetes care between rural and non-rural US adults with
diabetes? BackgroundRural Healthy People 2010 includes diabetes as a major health …

Objective Although social disparities in morbidity and mortality are well-documented, little is
known how socioeconomic status (SES) shapes diabetes-concordant comorbidity (DCC) …

Methods We analyzed multiple sources of secondary data related to diabetes illness and
death in Duval County, including data on hospital discharge, emergency department (ED) …

Objectives Many researchers and clinicians continue to believe that (non-modifiable)
race/ethnicity is a major contributor to diabetes, prompting a well-intentioned search for …