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Racial differences in mental health care in diabetics exist among Medicaid patients
April 10th, 2006
Racial differences with regard to quality of mental health care in the presence of diabetes exist among Medicaid patients. According to recent research published in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, "This study evaluates the relationship between diabetes mellitus and depression care among non-elderly Medicaid beneficiaries, using claims data from the 1995 State Medicaid Research Files for Alabama, Georgia, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. Presence of comorbid diabetes was found to be significantly associated with a higher rate of depression diagnosis." "Among those who were diagnosed as depressed," determined U. Sambamoorthi...
Source: Diabetes Week (2006-04-10)
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