Health System Experiences and Care Engagement in Latine Patients With Hidradenitis Suppurativa.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Latine patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) are reported to experience more severe disease and longer delays to diagnosis compared with White patients with HS.

Objective

To assess the implications of health care system factors in HS care experiences for Latine patients.

Design, setting, and participants

From June 2024 through March 2025, this qualitative study recruited English- and Spanish-language preferring Latine adults diagnosed with HS from dermatology clinics at 2 academic medical centers and 2 county hospitals in California. Deidentified audio recordings were transcribed and translated from semistructured interviews conducted by a bilingual Latine interviewer.

Main outcomes and measures

After transcripts were coded, a thematic analysis

SUBMITTER: Hernandez Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12728727 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature