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Erschienen in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 4/2018

12.04.2017 | Original Paper

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Those Accompanying Medicare Patients to the Doctor: Insights from the 2013 Medicare Current Beneficiary’s Survey

verfasst von: Tetine Lynn Sentell, Chengli Shen, Doug Landsittel, Mary Helen Mays, Janet Southerland, Marshaleen Henriques King, Deborah A. Taira

Erschienen in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Ausgabe 4/2018

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Abstract

Surprisingly little current, population-level detail exists regarding companion accompaniment for health care among Medicare beneficiaries, particularly by race/ethnicity. For respondents in the 2013 Medicare Current Beneficiary’s Survey Access to Care public use data (N = 12,253), multivariable models predicted accompaniment to the doctor by race/ethnicity, adjusting for confounders. Chi square analyses compared, by race/ethnicity, who was accompanying and why. Overall, 37.5% of beneficiaries had accompaniment. In multivariable analyses, non-Hispanic blacks (OR 1.18; 95% CI 1.03–1.36) and Hispanics (OR 1.47; 95% CI 1.25–1.74) were significantly more likely than non-Hispanic whites to have accompaniment. Over 35% of all three groups had someone to “take notes,” “ask questions,” and/or “explain things,” which did not vary by race/ethnicity; significant differences were seen for “explain instructions,” “translate,” and “moral support.” Hispanics had the highest percentages for all three. Many Medicare beneficiaries have accompaniment to doctors’ appointments, particularly in minority racial/ethnic groups, which should be considered in policy and practice.
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Metadaten
Titel
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Those Accompanying Medicare Patients to the Doctor: Insights from the 2013 Medicare Current Beneficiary’s Survey
verfasst von
Tetine Lynn Sentell
Chengli Shen
Doug Landsittel
Mary Helen Mays
Janet Southerland
Marshaleen Henriques King
Deborah A. Taira
Publikationsdatum
12.04.2017
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Ausgabe 4/2018
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Elektronische ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-017-0582-8

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