Adherence to Newly Prescribed Diabetes Medications Among Insured Latino and White Patients With Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Medication adherence is essential to diabetes care. Patient-physician language barriers may affect medication adherence among Latino individuals.

Objective

To determine the association of patient race/ethnicity, preferred language, and physician language concordance with patient adherence to newly prescribed diabetes medications.

Design, setting, and participants

This observational study was conducted from January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2012, at a large integrated health care delivery system with professional interpreter services. Insured patients with type 2 diabetes, including English-speaking white, English-speaking Latino, or limited English proficiency (LEP) Latino patients with newly prescribed diabetes medication.

Exposures

Patient race/ethn

SUBMITTER: Fernandez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5814298 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature