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ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2018

Longitudinal Analysis of Racial/Ethnic Trends in Quality Outcomes in Community Health Centers, 2009-2014.

Megan B Cole, Brad Wright, Ira B Wilson, Omar Galárraga, Amal N Trivedi

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Article in Journal of general internal medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Megan B ColeDepartment of Health Law, Policy, & Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. mbcole@bu.edu.
Brad WrightDepartment of Health Management and Policy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Ira B WilsonDepartment of Health Services, Policy, & Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Omar GalárragaDepartment of Health Services, Policy, & Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Amal N TrivediDepartment of Health Services, Policy, & Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Boston University · USUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

Translational ScienceP30AI042853 · NIAID · MIRIAM HOSPITAL · PI LARRY K BROWN · 1998 to 2026
$51.7M
Tracking and Evaluation CoreU54GM115677 · NIGMS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI ROUNDS, SHARON IRENE SMITH · 2016 to 2025
$45.0M
Science/Technical CoreP2CHD041020 · NICHD · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI ZHENCHAO QIAN · 2016 to 2026
$7.6M
The Early Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Health Center Grantees: Effects on Quality Performance and Capacity to Provide CareR36HS024652 · AHRQ · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI COLE, MEGAN B. · 2016 to 2016
$43k
AHRQ HHS R36 HS024652NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI042853NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD041020NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM115677
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo monitor progress towards eliminating health disparities, community health centers have reported on hypertension control, diabetes control, and birthweight by race and ethnicity since 2008.

objectiveTo evaluate racial/ethnic time trends in quality outcomes in health centers and to assess both within- and between-center disparities in outcomes. DESIGN AND SAMPLE: Using 2009-2014 data from all US health centers (n = 1047 centers, serving 19.6 million patients/year), we evaluated racial/ethnic time trends in quality outcomes for health centers and assessed within- and between-center disparities. MAIN MEASURES: Percentage of patients achieving control of blood pressure < 140/90 mmHg among hypertensive persons, control of glycosylated hemoglobin ≤ 9.0% among diabetic persons, and birthweight ≥ 2500 g. All outcomes were reported by race/ethnicity. KEY

resultsThere was no evidence of improved outcomes among racial/ethnic subgroups from 2009 to 2014, though electronic health record adoption, medical recognition, and insurance coverage rates increased substantially. Two exceptions were increased rates of normal birthweight for black patients (87.0% to 88.8%, or 0.3 percentage points/year, p = 0.02) and decreased rates of diabetes control for white patients (74.2% to 69.5%, or -1.0 percentage points/year, p < 0.01). Within centers, the largest racial/ethnic disparities in 2009 were white/black disparities in hypertension control (8.7 percentage points, 95% CI 7.4-10.1), white/black disparities in diabetes control (3.4 percentage points, 95% CI 2.0-4.7), and white/Hispanic disparities in diabetes control (4.4 percentage points, 95% CI 2.8-6.0). All disparities remained statistically unchanged from 2009 to 2014. White patients were more likely to be seen at a health center in the top performance quintile compared with black and Hispanic patients (p < 0.001).

conclusionsThough quality outcomes in health centers continued to compare favorably to other care settings, we found no evidence of improved quality or reduced disparities in diabetes control, hypertension control, or birthweight from 2009 to 2014. Within- and between-center racial/ethnic disparities in quality were evident, and both should be targeted in future interventions.

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PMID29453528
PMCPMC5975141
OpenAlexW2787984941

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