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Racial/ethnic differences in adult vaccination among individuals with diabetes. Am J Public Health 2003 Feb;93(2):324-9

Date

01/30/2003

Pubmed ID

12554594

Pubmed Central ID

PMC1447738

DOI

10.2105/ajph.93.2.324

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0037311009 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   52 Citations

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether differences in access to health care, health coverage, and socioeconomic status (SES) explained racial differences in influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates in individuals with diabetes.

METHODS: We analyzed data on 1906 individuals from the 1998 National Health Interview Survey. We used multiple logistic regression to adjust for race/ethnicity, age, access to care, health insurance, and SES, and used SUDAAN for statistical analyses to yield national estimates.

RESULTS: Whites had higher vaccination rates than did African Americans or Hispanics. After adjustment for covariates, race/ethnicity predicted receipt of both vaccines independent of age, access to care, health care coverage, and SES.

CONCLUSIONS: Racial disparity in vaccination rates for adults with diabetes is independent of access to care, health care coverage, and SES.

Author List

Egede LE, Zheng D

Author

Leonard E. Egede MD Center Director, Chief, Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Diabetes Mellitus
Female
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Influenza Vaccines
Logistic Models
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Pneumococcal Vaccines
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
Vaccination