Patient Race/Ethnicity and Shared Medical Record Use Among Diabetes Patients
Autor: | Linda Wehnes, Lynne T. Harris, James D. Ralston, Lou Grothaus, Luesa Jordan, Robert J. Reid, Courtney R. Lyles |
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Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Health Personnel Health Status Ethnic group Severity of Illness Index Access to Information Sex Factors Health care Severity of illness Diabetes Mellitus Ethnicity medicine Animals Electronic Health Records Humans Internet Primary Health Care business.industry Medical record Racial Groups Age Factors Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Patient Preference Odds ratio Middle Aged medicine.disease Comorbidity Confidence interval Socioeconomic Factors Family medicine Secure messaging Female business |
Zdroj: | Medical Care. 50:434-440 |
ISSN: | 0025-7079 |
DOI: | 10.1097/mlr.0b013e318249d81b |
Popis: | BACKGROUND Previous studies have documented racial/ethnic differences in patients' use of websites providing shared electronic medical records between patients and health care professionals. Less is known about whether these are driven by patient-level preferences and/or barriers versus broader provider or system factors. METHODS Cross-sectional study of diabetes patients in an integrated delivery system in 2008-2009. Primary measures were race/ethnicity and shared medical record (SMR) use. Covariates included sociodemographics (age, sex, income, education), health status (comorbidity, diabetes severity), and provider characteristics (encouragement of SMR, secure messaging use, clinic). RESULTS The majority (62%) of Whites used the SMR, compared with 34% of Blacks, 37% of Asians, and 55% of other race/ethnicity (P |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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