Language proficiency and biologics access: a population study of psoriasis patients in the United States.

Autor: Chat VS; Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA., Hekmatjah J; Homer Stryker M.D. Schoolof Medicine, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA., Sierro TJ; Department of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA., Kassardjian AA; Department of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA., Read C; Department of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA.; Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK., Armstrong AW; Department of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of dermatological treatment [J Dermatolog Treat] 2022 May; Vol. 33 (3), pp. 1413-1417. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 14.
DOI: 10.1080/09546634.2020.1820936
Abstrakt: Background: Language proficiency plays an important role in healthcare choices and access. Differences in access to biologic medications exist, but it is unknown how much English proficiency influences access in US psoriasis patients.
Objective: To compare biologic medication use for psoriasis patients with differing English proficiency levels.
Methods: Population study of US psoriasis patients using the 2013-2017 Medical Expenditure Survey.
Results: Among a total of 4,470,820 US psoriasis patients (weighted), 4,028,119 (90.1%) had perfect English proficiency, and 442,700 (9.9%) had less than perfect English proficiency. Among the total population, 422,523 (9.5%) had access to biologics. Among those who received biologics, 411,411 (97.4%) of those had perfect English proficiency, and 11,112 (2.6%) of those had less than perfect English proficiency. Multivariate logistic regression found that patients with less than perfect English proficiency were significantly less likely to have access to biologics [OR 0.015 (95% CI: 0.001-0.179); p  = .002], after adjusting for insurance status, income, education, healthcare utilization, and other sociodemographic and clinical factors.
Limitations: Psoriasis disease severity not specified.
Conclusions: Psoriasis patients with low English proficiency are significantly less likely to receive biologics than those with high English proficiency. Those with higher English proficiency are 61 times more likely to access biologics.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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