Specialty care use in us patients with chronic diseases

Jessica D. Bellinger; Rahnuma M. Hassan; Patrick A. Rivers; Qiang Cheng; Edith Williams; Saundra H. Glover

doi:10.3390/ijerph7030975

Specialty care use in us patients with chronic diseases

Jessica D. Bellinger, Rahnuma M. Hassan, Patrick A. Rivers, Qiang Cheng, Edith Williams, Saundra H. Glover

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Abstract

Despite efforts to eliminate health disparities, racial, ethnic, and geographic groups continue lag behind their counterparts in health outcomes in the United States. The purpose of this study is to determine variation in specialty care utilization by chronic disease status. Data were extracted from the Commonwealth Fund 2006 Health Care Quality Survey (n = 2475). A stratified minority sample design was employed to ensure a representative sample. Logistic regression was used in analyses to predict specialty care utilization in the sample. Poor perceived health, minority status, and lack of insurance was associated with reduced specialty care use and chronic disease diagnosis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	975-990
Number of pages	16
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	7
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7030975
State	Published - Mar 2010

Keywords

Chronic disease
Health disparities
Specialty care

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Pollution
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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