Abstract
Home health aides were offered to half of a group of 227 low-income diabetic clinic patients: in the group offered aides, fasting blood sugar (FBS) declined when compared to control group (10.1 mg/dl vs an increase of 5.1 mg/dl), and missed clinic appointments and emergency room use also decreased. The group of 44, who, upon offer of an aide actually accepted one, showed a significant increase in eye clinic appointments as well as the greatest decline in FBS (13.9 mg/dl).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 600-602 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | American journal of public health |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - 1984 |