title: Diabetes in the Medicare aged population, 2004.
abstract: The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) contains a wealth of information on the health status of Medicare beneficiaries. In particular, the 2004 MCBS included a series of questions about diabetes care for those who reported they had the condition, and diabetes screening for those who said they did not. This highlight reviews some of the characteristics of the diabetic population compared to the non-diabetic population.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850, USA. gerald.adler@cms.hhs.gov
authors.forename: Gerald S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Adler
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology