Health care access and glycemic control in youth and young adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in South Carolina

Autor: Bethany A. Bell, Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis, Christine B. Turley, Xiaonan Ma, Jan M. Eberth, Melanie W. Sutherland, Janice C. Probst, Lauren A. Reid, Angela D. Liese
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Pediatr Diabetes
ISSN: 1399-5448
1399-543X
Popis: Affordability and geographic accessibility are key health care access characteristics. We used data from 481 youth and young adults (YYA) with diabetes (389 type 1, 92 type 2) to understand the association between health care access and glycemic control as measured by HbA(1c) values. In multivariate models, YYA with state or federal health insurance had HbA(1c) percentage values 0.68 higher (p=0.0025) than the privately insured, and those without insurance 1.34 higher (p
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