Income-related differences in mortality among people with diabetes

Posted on February 25th, 2010 by apinto.

Lipscombe and colleagues found that the decrease in mortality in people with diabetes that has been seen in the last decade was substantially greater in high income groups than in low income groups. "These findings illustrate the increasing impact of income on the health of people with diabetes even in a publicly funded health care setting."

CMAJ 2010; 182 (1) doi:10.1503/cmaj.090495

http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/182/1/E1

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