Open AccessAssociations between immigrant status and pharmacological treatments for diabetes in U.S. adults.
Author(s) -
Loretta Hsueh,
Elizabeth A. Vrany,
Jay S. Patel,
Nicole A. Hollingshead,
Adam T. Hirsh,
Mary de Groot,
Jesse C. Stewart
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000552
Subject(s) - medicine , national health and nutrition examination survey , diabetes mellitus , odds ratio , ethnic group , type 2 diabetes , immigration , demography , confidence interval , logistic regression , gerontology , endocrinology , population , environmental health , archaeology , sociology , anthropology , history
Although treatment disparities in diabetes have been documented along racial/ethnic lines, it is unclear if immigrant groups in the United States experience similar treatment disparities. Our objective was to determine whether immigrant status is associated with differences in pharmacological treatment of diabetes in a nationally representative sample of adults with diabetes. We were specifically interested in differences in treatment with oral hypoglycemic agents (OHA) and insulin.