Inpatient to outpatient transfer of diabetes care Data Point 1 | Medical Transportation Access Coalition

From a sample of 303 African Americans with diabetes, 50% of anticipated encountering barriers to their visit, with the majority (59%) of which citing transportation problems as their biggest barrier to returning for a follow-up visit. The chance of encountering an obstacle was greater among women.

Publication

Inpatient to Outpatient Transfer of Diabetes Care: Perceptions of Barriers to Postdischarge Followup in Urban African American Patients.

Author

K., Wheeler, R. Crawford, D. McAdams, R. Robinson, V.G. Dunbar and C.B. Cook.

Citation

Wheeler K, Crawford R, McAdams D, Robinson R, Dunbar V.G., Cook C.B. (2007). Inpatient to outpatient transfer of diabetes care: perceptions of barriers to postdischarge followup in urban African American patients. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17682352

Focus

Diabetes Preventive Care Transportation as a Barrier to Care

State

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