Lifestyle and socio-economic inequalities in diabetes prevalence in South Africa: A decomposition analysis

Inequalities in diabetes are widespread and are exacerbated by differences in lifestyle. Many studies that have estimated inequalities in diabetes make use of self-reported diabetes which is often biased by differences in access to health care and diabetes awareness. This study adds to this literatu...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 14; no. 1; p. e0211208
Main Authors:	Mutyambizi, Chipo, Booysen, Frederik, Stokes, Andrew, Pavlova, Milena, Groot, Wim
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 30.01.2019 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Alcohol use Biology and Life Sciences Care and treatment Cross-Sectional Studies Decomposition Development policy Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology Diabetes therapy Diabetics Diagnosis Economic analysis Economics Equality Exercise Female Health care Health care access Health care services accessibility Health Services Accessibility Health Status Disparities Health surveys Humans Life Style Male Medical care discrimination Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Nutrition Obesity People and places Prevalence Rich people Risk factors Self Report Social aspects Socioeconomic Factors Socioeconomics South Africa - epidemiology Studies Systematic review Type 2 diabetes Young Adult South Africa Netherlands Africa
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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