Shadia Adekunte , Yu Qing Bai , Gillian L. Booth , Ghazal Fazli , Calvin Ke , Lorraine L. Lipscombe , Sarah M. Mah , Laura C. Rosella , Walter P. Wodchis , Baiju R. Shah
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Process measures (testing for HbA1c, LDL-cholesterol and urine albumin-creatinine ratio; eye examinations; and appropriate prescriptions) and outcome measures (achieving guideline-recommended targets for laboratory tests) over the following year were ascertained. They were compared between immigrants and non-immigrants overall and within the highest and lowest quintiles of three measures of marginalization: material deprivation, residential instability and dependency.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>There were 1,449,589 people with diabetes included in the study (22.6 % immigrants). Immigrants were less likely than non-immigrants to achieve many of the process quality indicators and were less likely to achieve both HbA1c and LDL-cholesterol targets. 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Comparing quality of diabetes care between immigrants and non-immigrants within dimensions of marginalization: A population-based cohort study
Aims
Immigrants in western countries face an increased risk of developing diabetes and have been shown to receive lower quality of diabetes care. However, it is uncertain whether this disparity in care persists when comparing immigrants and non-immigrants with similar levels of marginalization with respect to the social determinants of health.
Methods
Using population-based healthcare administrative data linked to immigration and neighbourhood census data, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of all people aged ≥ 40 years with diabetes in Ontario, Canada on 1 April 2019. Process measures (testing for HbA1c, LDL-cholesterol and urine albumin-creatinine ratio; eye examinations; and appropriate prescriptions) and outcome measures (achieving guideline-recommended targets for laboratory tests) over the following year were ascertained. They were compared between immigrants and non-immigrants overall and within the highest and lowest quintiles of three measures of marginalization: material deprivation, residential instability and dependency.
Results
There were 1,449,589 people with diabetes included in the study (22.6 % immigrants). Immigrants were less likely than non-immigrants to achieve many of the process quality indicators and were less likely to achieve both HbA1c and LDL-cholesterol targets. These findings were similar when stratified within the highest and lowest quintiles of material deprivation, residential instability and dependency.
Conclusions
Even within similar levels of marginalization, immigrants were less likely to achieve many quality indicators for diabetes care than non-immigrants. This finding suggests that the gap in quality of care between immigrants and non-immigrants is not simply due to differences in these social determinants of health, and highlights the intersecting impact of immigration and marginalization. However, the disparities were relatively small, so the greater issue is the overall low achievement of these quality indicators among all people with diabetes.
期刊介绍:
The journal publishes original research articles and high quality reviews in the fields of clinical care, diabetes education, nutrition, health services, psychosocial research and epidemiology and other areas as far as is relevant for diabetology in a primary-care setting. The purpose of the journal is to encourage interdisciplinary research and discussion between all those who are involved in primary diabetes care on an international level. The Journal also publishes news and articles concerning the policies and activities of Primary Care Diabetes Europe and reflects the society''s aim of improving the care for people with diabetes mellitus within the primary-care setting.