Journal article
Family physician ethnicity influences quality of diabetes care for Chinese but not South Asian patients
Abstract
AIMS: To determine whether sharing the same ethnicity as their family physician influenced the quality of diabetes care for Chinese and South Asian patients in Ontario, Canada.
METHODS: We conducted two related studies: a population-based cohort study of Chinese and South Asian patients with incident diabetes using health care administrative data (n=49,484), and a cross-sectional study of Chinese and South Asian patients with established …
Authors
Shah BR; Hwee J; Anand SS; Austin PC; Manuel DG; Hux JE
Journal
Primary Care Diabetes, Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 432–438
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
12 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.pcd.2015.02.002
ISSN
1751-9918
Associated Experts
Fields of Research (FoR)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
AdultAgedAsia, SoutheasternAsian PeopleAttitude of Health PersonnelChinaCross-Sectional StudiesDatabases, FactualDelivery of Health CareDiabetes MellitusFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealthcare DisparitiesHumansIncidenceMaleMedical RecordsMiddle AgedOntarioPhysicians, FamilyQuality Indicators, Health Care