Treatment pattern of type 2 diabetes differs in two German regions and with patients' socioeconomic position.

BACKGROUND: Diabetes treatment may differ by region and patients' socioeconomic position. This may be particularly true for newer drugs. However, data are highly limited. METHODS: We examined pooled individual data of two population-based German studies, KORA F4 (Cooperative Health Research in...

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Main Authors: Teresa Tamayo, Heiner Claessen, Ina-Maria Rückert, Werner Maier, Michaela Schunk, Christine Meisinger, Andreas Mielck, Rolf Holle, Barbara Thorand, Maria Narres, Susanne Moebus, Amir-Abbas Mahabadi, Noreen Pundt, Bastian Krone, Uta Slomiany, Raimund Erbel, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Wolfgang Rathmann, Andrea Icks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4051778?pdf=render