Telephone or Visit-Based Community Health Worker Care Management for Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus: A Longitudinal Study

Autor: Ambili Ramachandran, Ramin Shokati Poursani, Yuanyuan Liang, Barbara J. Turner
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Community Health
ISSN: 1573-3610
0094-5145
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-020-00849-1
Popis: Community health workers (CHWs) can reduce health disparities for low income patients but type of contact and outcomes has had limited study. Low-income Hispanic primary care patients with hemoglobin A1c [HbA1c] ≥ 9% received care managment (CM) over 6 months classified as: (CM1) telephone only; (CM2) clinic visit but no calls; (CM3) clinic visit with calls; and (CM4) ≥ 2 visits ± calls. Type of CM delivery and time to DM control (HbA1c
Databáze: OpenAIRE