Impact of Race and Location of Residence on Statin Treatment Among Veterans With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Rural residence and ethnic-minority status are individually associated with increased cardiovascular (CV) mortality. Statin therapy is known to reduce the risk of cardiovascular mortality. Although ethnic disparities in statin treatment exist, the joint impact of urban/rural residence and race/ethni...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of cardiology 2020-05, Vol.125 (10), p.1492-1499
Hauptverfasser:	Weeda, Erin R., Bishu, Kinfe G., Ward, Ralph C., Brown, Elizabeth A., Axon, R. Neal, Taber, David J., Gebregziabher, Mulugeta
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular diseases Codes Confidence intervals Correlation analysis Data warehouses Datasets Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent) Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - drug therapy Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - ethnology Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - mortality Ethnicity Female Government programs Health risks Hispanic people Humans Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - therapeutic use Longitudinal Studies Male Medicare Minority & ethnic groups Mortality Patients Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data Primary care Race Residence Characteristics Retrospective Studies Rural areas Statins Statistical analysis United States Urban areas Veterans
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