Area-based inequalities and distribution of healthcare resources for managing diabetes in South Korea: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to identify area-based socioeconomic inequalities in diabetes management and to examine whether the distribution of healthcare resources could explain area-based inequalities in diabetes management.

Design

Cross-sectional multilevel analysis from national survey data.

Setting and participants

Data were derived from the 2018 Korean Community Health Survey. Study subjects included 23 760 participants aged 30 years or older with diabetes diagnosed by a doctor.

Main outcome measures

The dependent variables were self-reported good glycaemic control, haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) testing, recognition of the term HbA1c, and diabetic complications testing. Area Deprivation Index was used as an area-based measure of socioeconomic position. Factors related

SUBMITTER: Ha R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8867348 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature