Disparities in Diabetes Care Quality by English Language Preference in Community Health Centers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To conduct a parallel analysis of disparities in diabetes care quality among Latino and Asian community health center (CHC) patients by English language preference.

Study setting/data collection

Clinical outcomes (2011) and patient survey data (2012) for Type 2 diabetes adults from 14 CHCs (n = 1,053).

Study design

We estimated separate regression models for Latino and Asian patients by English language preference for Clinician & Group-Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and System, Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care, hemoglobin A1c, and self-reported hypoglycemic events. We used the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method to parse out observed and unobserved differences in outcomes between English versus non-English language groups.

Principal

SUBMITTER: Leung LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5785318 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature