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Quality of Care for Latinx Children with Asthma: Associations with Language Concordance and Continuity of Care

2023

AUTHOR(S)
Hodes, Tahlia
Marino, Miguel
Lucas, Jennifer A
Bazemore, Andrew W
Peterson, Lars E
Trivedi, Michelle K
Giebultowicz, Sophia
Heintzman, John D
VOLUME
36(4):616-625

Methods: We utilized an electronic health record dataset from a multistate network of community health centers to compare inufb02uenza vaccinations and inhaled steroid prescriptions, by ethnicity and language concordance groups overall and stratiufb01ed by COC. Results: We analyzed electronic health records for children with asthma (n = 38,442) age 3 to 17 years with u22652 ofufb01ce visits between 2005 to 2017. Overall, 64% of children had low COC (deufb01ned as COC 0.75). All Latinx children had higher rates and odds of receiving inufb02uenza vaccination compared with non-Hispanic White children. In addition, Spanishpreferring Latinx children had higher rates and odds of being prescribed inhaled steroids while English-preferring Latinx children had lower odds (OR = 0.85 95%CI = 0.73,0.98) compared with nonHispanic White children. Conclusion: Overall, Latinx children regardless of COC category or language concordance were more likely to receive the inufb02uenza vaccine. English-preferring Latinx children with persistent asthma received fewer inhaled steroid prescriptions compared with non-Hispanic White children. Panel chart review and seeing a practice partner might be one way to combat these inequities. ( J Am Board Fam Med 2023;36:616-625.)

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