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Longitudinal Analysis of Racial/Ethnic Trends in Quality Outcomes in Community Health Centers, 2009-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To monitor progress towards eliminating health disparities, community health centers have reported on hypertension control, diabetes control, and birthweight by race and ethnicity since 2008.

Objective

To evaluate racial/ethnic time trends in quality outcomes in health centers and to assess both within- and between-center disparities in outcomes.

Design and sample

Using 2009-2014 data from all US health centers (n = 1047 centers, serving 19.6 million patients/year), we evaluated racial/ethnic time trends in quality outcomes for health centers and assessed within- and between-center disparities.

Main measures

Percentage of patients achieving control of blood pressure < 140/90 mmHg among hypertensive persons, control of glycosylated hemoglobin ? 9.0% among diabetic persons, and birthweight ? 2500 g. All outcomes were reported by race/ethnicity.

Key results

There was no evidence of improved outcomes among racial/ethnic subgroups from 2009 to 2014, though electronic health record adoption, medical recognition, and insurance coverage rates increased substantially. Two exceptions were increased rates of normal birthweight for black patients (87.0% to 88.8%, or 0.3 percentage points/year, p = 0.02) and decreased rates of diabetes control for white patients (74.2% to 69.5%, or -1.0 percentage points/year, p < 0.01). Within centers, the largest racial/ethnic disparities in 2009 were white/black disparities in hypertension control (8.7 percentage points, 95% CI 7.4-10.1), white/black disparities in diabetes control (3.4 percentage points, 95% CI 2.0-4.7), and white/Hispanic disparities in diabetes control (4.4 percentage points, 95% CI 2.8-6.0). All disparities remained statistically unchanged from 2009 to 2014. White patients were more likely to be seen at a health center in the top performance quintile compared with black and Hispanic patients (p < 0.001).

Conclusions

Though quality outcomes in health centers continued to compare favorably to other care settings, we found no evidence of improved quality or reduced disparities in diabetes control, hypertension control, or birthweight from 2009 to 2014. Within- and between-center racial/ethnic disparities in quality were evident, and both should be targeted in future interventions.

SUBMITTER: Cole MB

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5975141 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Longitudinal Analysis of Racial/Ethnic Trends in Quality Outcomes in Community Health Centers, 2009-2014.

Cole Megan B MB Wright Brad B Wilson Ira B IB Galárraga Omar O Trivedi Amal N AN

Journal of general internal medicine 20180216 6

<h4>Background</h4>To monitor progress towards eliminating health disparities, community health centers have reported on hypertension control, diabetes control, and birthweight by race and ethnicity since 2008.<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate racial/ethnic time trends in quality outcomes in health centers and to assess both within- and between-center disparities in outcomes.<h4>Design and sample</h4>Using 2009-2014 data from all US health centers (n = 1047 centers, serving 19.6 million patients/yea ...[more]

PMID: 29453528

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Dataset Information

Longitudinal Analysis of Racial/Ethnic Trends in Quality Outcomes in Community Health Centers, 2009-2014.

Background

Objective

Design and sample

Main measures

Key results

Conclusions

Publications

Longitudinal Analysis of Racial/Ethnic Trends in Quality Outcomes in Community Health Centers, 2009-2014.

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