Racial and Ethnic Disparity in 4Ms among Older Adults Among Telehealth Users as Primary Care.

ABSTRACT: Telehealth has been widely accepted as an alternative to in-person primary care. This study examines whether the quality of primary care delivered via telehealth is equitable for older adults across racial and ethnic boundaries in provider-shortage urban settings. The study analyzed documentation of the 4Ms components (What Matters, Mobility, Medication, and Mentation) in relation to self-reported racial and ethnic backgrounds of 254 Medicare Advantage enrollees who used telehealth as their primary care modality in Southern Nevada from July 2021 through June 2022. Results revealed that Asian/Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders had significantly less documentation in What Matters (OR = 0.39, 95%, p = .04) and Blacks had significantly less documentation in Mobility (OR = 0.35, p < .001)

SUBMITTER: Yoo JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10387800 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature