Health Care Disparities and Diabetes Care: Practical Considerations for Primary Care Providers
- Richard O. White, MD,
- Bettina M. Beech, DrPH, MPH and
- Stephania Miller, PhD
IN BRIEF
Disparities in diabetes care are prevalent in the United States. This article provides an overview of these disparities and discusses both potential causes and efforts to address them to date. The authors focus the discussion on aspects relevant to the patient-provider dyad and provide practical considerations for the primary care provider's role in helping to diminish and eliminate disparities in diabetes care.
Footnotes
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Richard O. White, MD, is an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Stephania Miller, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at Meharry Medical College, in Nashville, Tenn. Bettina M. Beech, DrPH, MPH, is an associate professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Institute of Medicine and Public Health, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville, Tenn.
- American Diabetes Association(R) Inc., 2009
