Do community health workers affect non-urgent, ambulatory healthcare utilization among low-income, minority patients with diabetes?

Ryan G. Chiu; Yinglin Xia; Lisa K. Sharp; Ben S. Gerber

Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology (Jun 2019)

Do community health workers affect non-urgent, ambulatory healthcare utilization among low-income, minority patients with diabetes?

Ryan G. Chiu,
Yinglin Xia,
Lisa K. Sharp,
Ben S. Gerber

Affiliations

Ryan G. Chiu: Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1747 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago, IL 60608, United States
Yinglin Xia: Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1747 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago, IL 60608, United States
Lisa K. Sharp: Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes, and Policy, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, 1747 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago, IL 60608, United States
Ben S. Gerber: Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1747 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago, IL 60608, United States; Corresponding author at: Division of Academic Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Institute for Health Research and Policy M/C 275, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1747 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608, United States.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16

Abstract

Read online

Community health workers (CHWs) can reduce emergent care among low-income, ethnic minority patients with type 2 diabetes. A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial evaluated the effect of CHWs on non-urgent, ambulatory healthcare utilization. Within this trial, no effect on ambulatory care was found.

Published in Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology

ISSN: 2214-6237 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-clinical-and-translational-endocrinology/

About the journal