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Multimorbidity and healthcare utilization among Black Americans: A cross‐sectional study
AIM: Racial disparities between multimorbidity presence and healthcare utilization are present within the United States, but less is known about the relationship between multimorbidity presence and healthcare utilization among Black Americans. This study was conducted to examine the relationship bet...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8859074/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34935300 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1095 |
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author | Ahn, Sangwoo Bartmess, Marissa Lindley, Lisa C. |
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description | AIM: Racial disparities between multimorbidity presence and healthcare utilization are present within the United States, but less is known about the relationship between multimorbidity presence and healthcare utilization among Black Americans. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between multimorbidity and healthcare utilization among Black Americans. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional study. METHODS: This study (n = 425, 57% female) used adult level data from the 2012–2013 Connecticut Health Care Survey. RESULTS: Multivariate logistic regressions indicated that multimorbidity presence predicted a doctor and a specialist visit, but not a dentist visit. CONCLUSION: This study identified multimorbidity presence as a predictor for healthcare utilization, but further research is necessary to understand healthcare utilization experiences among Black Americans with multimorbidity to assess the quality of care. Appropriate measures should also be considered to increase access to dental care for Black Americans with multimorbidity. |
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spelling | pubmed-88590742022-03-31 Multimorbidity and healthcare utilization among Black Americans: A cross‐sectional study Ahn, Sangwoo Bartmess, Marissa Lindley, Lisa C. Nurs Open Research Articles AIM: Racial disparities between multimorbidity presence and healthcare utilization are present within the United States, but less is known about the relationship between multimorbidity presence and healthcare utilization among Black Americans. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between multimorbidity and healthcare utilization among Black Americans. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional study. METHODS: This study (n = 425, 57% female) used adult level data from the 2012–2013 Connecticut Health Care Survey. RESULTS: Multivariate logistic regressions indicated that multimorbidity presence predicted a doctor and a specialist visit, but not a dentist visit. CONCLUSION: This study identified multimorbidity presence as a predictor for healthcare utilization, but further research is necessary to understand healthcare utilization experiences among Black Americans with multimorbidity to assess the quality of care. Appropriate measures should also be considered to increase access to dental care for Black Americans with multimorbidity. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8859074/ /pubmed/34935300 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1095 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Ahn, Sangwoo Bartmess, Marissa Lindley, Lisa C. Multimorbidity and healthcare utilization among Black Americans: A cross‐sectional study |
title | Multimorbidity and healthcare utilization among Black Americans: A cross‐sectional study |
title_full | Multimorbidity and healthcare utilization among Black Americans: A cross‐sectional study |
title_fullStr | Multimorbidity and healthcare utilization among Black Americans: A cross‐sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Multimorbidity and healthcare utilization among Black Americans: A cross‐sectional study |
title_short | Multimorbidity and healthcare utilization among Black Americans: A cross‐sectional study |
title_sort | multimorbidity and healthcare utilization among black americans: a cross‐sectional study |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8859074/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34935300 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1095 |
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