Food Insecurity and Insulin Use in Hyperglycemic Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department
Introduction: The prevalence of food insecurity (FI) and insulin rationing among patients with diabetes who present to the emergency department (ED) is unclear. We examined the prevalence of food insecurity and subtherapeutic insulin use among patients who presented to the ED with a blood glucose le...
Main Authors: | Heng Ky Nhoung, Munish Goyal, Maria Cacciapuoti, Hannah Day, Taymour Hashemzadeh, Michelle Magee, Yumi S. Jarris |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2020-07-01
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Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/823183bj |
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