Erschienen in:
01.07.2015 | Editorial
Community Health Workers: A Missing Piece of the Puzzle for Complex Patients With Diabetes?
verfasst von:
Maria E. Garcia, MD MPH, Richard W. Grant, MD MPH
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 7/2015
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Excerpt
The prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes in the U.S. continues to rise, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities and individuals with low socioeconomic status. The U.S. population with diabetes is also increasingly complex, due in part to a greater prevalence of comorbidities, changing demographics, and the unique challenges faced by vulnerable populations in accessing care. Many “non-medical” factors further contribute to patient complexity, including language abilities, socioeconomic barriers, financial stressors, and inadequate insurance coverage.
1 And with the advent of the Affordable Care Act, more Latinos and other chronically uninsured or under-insured patients are now presenting for primary care
2 at a time of continuing shortage of culturally and linguistically concordant primary care providers.
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