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Diabetes Care
Researchers from Kaiser Permanente provide details of new studies and findings in the area of diabetes care
April 29th, 2009
"Having health insurance is usually associated with better access to care and better health outcomes. For patients receiving care at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). where care is provided regardless Of insurance status, the role health insurance status plays in affecting receipt of services is less well understood," researchers in the United States report. "We used practice management data from a coalition of FQHCs in Oregon, and linked to Oregon's electronic insurance data. to examine whether receipt of diabetes preventive care services was associated with continuity of insurance coverage among, adult FQHC patients receiving diabetes care in 2005. About...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-04-29)
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