Racial/ethnic differences in adult vaccination among individuals with diabetes |
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| Authors: | Egede Leonard E Zheng Deyi |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29401, USA. egedel@musc.edu |
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| 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. |
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