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Adherence to Cardiovascular Disease Medications: Does Patient-Provider Race/Ethnicity and Language Concordance Matter?
BACKGROUND: Patientâphysician race/ethnicity and
language concordance may improve medication adherence
and reduce disparities in cardiovascular disease
(CVD) by fostering trust and improved patientâphysician
communication.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of patient
race/ethnicity and language and patientâphysician
race/ethnicity and language concordance on medication
adherence rates for a large cohort of diabetes
patients in an integrated delivery system.
DESIGN: We studied 131,277 adult diabetes patients in
Kaiser Permanente Northern California in 2005. Probit
models assessed the effect of patient and physician
race/ethnicity and language on adherence to CVD
medications, after controlling for patient and physician
characteristics.
RESULTS: Ten percent of African American, 11 % of
Hispanic, 63% of Asian, and 47% of white patients had
same race/ethnicity physicians.24% of Spanish-speaking
patients were linguistically concordant with their physicians.
African American (46%), Hispanic (49%) and Asian
(52%) patients were significantly less likely than white
patients (58%) to be in good adherence to all of their CVD
medications (p<0.001). Spanish-speaking patients were
less likely than English speaking patients to be in good
adherence (51%versus 57%, p<0.001). Race concordance
for African American patients was associated with adherence
to all their CVD medications (53% vs. 50%, p<0.05).
Language concordance was associated with medication
adherence for Spanish-speaking patients (51% vs. 45%,
p<0.05).
CONCLUSION: Increasing opportunities for patientâ
physician race/ethnicity and language concordance
may improve medication adherence for African American
and Spanish-speaking patients, though a similar
effect was not observed for Asian patients or Englishproficient
Hispanic patients
Adherence to Cardiovascular Disease Medications: Does Patient-Provider Race/Ethnicity and Language Concordance Matter?
Patient Race/Ethnicity and Patient-Physician Race/Ethnicity Concordance in the Management of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors for Patients With Diabetes
The Predictors of PatientâPhysician Race and Ethnic Concordance: A Medical Facility FixedâEffects Approach
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The predictors of patient-physician race and ethnic concordance: a medical facility fixed-effects approach.
ObjectiveTo examine the predictors of patient-physician race/ethnicity concordance among diabetes patients in an integrated delivery system.Data sourceKaiser Permanente's Northern California Diabetes Registry of 2005.Study designLogistic regression predicted concordance for each racial/ethnic group. Availability of a concordant physician, whether a patient chose their physician, and patient language were main explanatory variables.Data collection/extraction methodsThe study population consisted of 109,745 patients and 1,750 physicians.Principal findingsPatients who chose their physicians were more likely to have a same race/ethnicity physician with OR of 2.2 (95 percent CI 1.74-2.82) for African American patients, 1.71 (95 percent CI 1.44-2.04) for Hispanic patients, 1.11 (95 percent CI 1.04-1.18) for white patients, and 1.38 (95 percent CI 1.23, 1.55) for Asian patients. Availability of a same race/ethnicity physician was also a predictor of concordance for African American patients (OR 2.7; 95 percent CI 2.45-2.98) and marginally significant for Hispanic patients (OR 1.02; 95 percent CI 1.01-1.02), white patients (OR 1.02; 95 percent CI 1.00-1.04), and Asian patients (OR 1.05; 95 percent CI 1.03, 1.07). Limited English language was a strong predictor of concordance for Hispanic patients (OR 4.81; 95 percent CI 4.2-5.51) and Asian patients (OR 9.8; 95 percent CI 7.7, 12.6).ConclusionPatient language, preferences, and the racial composition of the physician workforce predict race/ethnicity concordance
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Patient race/ethnicity and patient-physician race/ethnicity concordance in the management of cardiovascular disease risk factors for patients with diabetes.
OBJECTIVE Patient-physician race/ethnicity concordance can improve care for minority patients. However, its effect on cardiovascular disease (CVD) care and prevention is unknown. We examined associations of patient race/ethnicity and patient-physician race/ethnicity concordance on CVD risk factor levels and appropriate modification of treatment in response to high risk factor values (treatment intensification) in a large cohort of diabetic patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The study population included 108,555 adult diabetic patients in Kaiser Permanente Northern California in 2005. Probit models assessed the effect of patient race/ethnicity on risk factor control and treatment intensification after adjusting for patient and physician-level characteristics. RESULTS African American patients were less likely than whites to have A1C <8.0% (64 vs. 69%, P < 0.0001), LDL cholesterol <100 mg/dl (40 vs. 47%, P < 0.0001), and systolic blood pressure (SBP) <140 mmHg (70 vs. 78%, P < 0.0001). Hispanic patients were less likely than whites to have A1C <8% (62 vs. 69%, P < 0.0001). African American patients were less likely than whites to have A1C treatment intensification (73 vs. 77%, P < 0.0001; odds ratio [OR] 0.8 [95% CI 0.7-0.9]) but more likely to receive treatment intensification for SBP (78 vs. 71%, P < 0.0001; 1.5 [1.3-1.7]). Hispanic patients were more likely to have LDL cholesterol treatment intensification (47 vs. 45%, P < 0.05; 1.1 [1.0-1.2]). Patient-physician race/ethnicity concordance was not significantly associated with risk factor control or treatment intensification. CONCLUSIONS Patient race/ethnicity is associated with risk factor control and treatment intensification, but patient-physician race/ethnicity concordance was not. Further research should investigate other potential drivers of disparities in CVD care