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. 2022 May 3.
doi: 10.1007/s40615-022-01317-3.
Online ahead of print.
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Affiliations
- 1 Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Mail Stop F800, 13055 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA. Kelly.moore@cuanschutz.edu.
- 2 Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, IN, USA.
- 3 Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Institute for Health Research, Aurora, CO, USA.
- 4 Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Mail Stop F800, 13055 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
- 5 First Nations Community HealthSource, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
- 6 Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
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Kelly R Moore et al.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities.
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. 2022 May 3.
doi: 10.1007/s40615-022-01317-3.
Online ahead of print.
Affiliations
- 1 Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Mail Stop F800, 13055 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA. Kelly.moore@cuanschutz.edu.
- 2 Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, IN, USA.
- 3 Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Institute for Health Research, Aurora, CO, USA.
- 4 Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Mail Stop F800, 13055 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
- 5 First Nations Community HealthSource, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
- 6 Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
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Approximately 70% of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals reside in urban areas. Urban Indian Health Organizations (UIHOs) provide culturally engaged primary care for AI/AN patients and members of other racial and ethnic groups who have experienced disparities in diabetes and hypertension care, and are commonly affected by social and economic barriers to care. We assessed whether disparities were present between the racial and ethnic groups served by the largest UIHO in the USA. We developed retrospective cohorts of patients with hypertension or diabetes receiving primary care from this UIHO, measuring differences between AI/AN, Spanish-preferring Latinx, English-preferring Latinx, Black, and White patients in mean systolic blood pressure (SBP) and mean hemoglobin A1c (A1c) as primary outcomes. To assess processes of care, we also compared visit intensity, missed visits, and medication treatment intensity in regression models adjusted for sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. For hypertension (n = 2148), adjusted mean SBP ranged from 135.8 mm Hg among Whites to 141.3 mm Hg among Blacks (p = 0.06). For diabetes (n = 1211), adjusted A1c ranged from 7.7% among English-preferring Latinx to 8.7% among Blacks (p = 0.38). Care processes for both hypertension and diabetes varied across groups. No group consistently received lower-quality care. This UIHO provided care of comparable quality for hypertension and diabetes among urban-dwelling AI/ANs and members of other racial, ethnic, and language preference groups. Systematic assessments of care quality in UIHOs may help demonstrate the importance of their role in providing care and improve the quality of care.
Keywords:
American Indians; Diabetes; Healthcare disparities; Hypertension; Quality of care.
© 2022. W. Montague Cobb-NMA Health Institute.
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