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Frequency and predictors of health services use by Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: evidence from the U.S. National Health Interview Survey

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Health Services Research, July 2018
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Title
Frequency and predictors of health services use by Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: evidence from the U.S. National Health Interview Survey
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BMC Health Services Research, July 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12913-018-3368-3
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Marie-Rachelle Narcisse, Holly Felix, Christopher R. Long, Teresa Hudson, Nalin Payakachat, Zoran Bursac, Pearl A. McElfish

Abstract

Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) are one of the fasting growing racial groups in the United States (US). NHPIs have a significantly higher disease burden than the US population as a whole, yet they remain underrepresented in research. The purpose of this study is to examine factors associated with health care utilization among NHPIs. Drawing from the 2014 NHPI-National Health Interview Survey, we used stereotype logistic regressions to examine utilization of emergency department (ED) and outpatient services among 2172 individuals aged 18 and older. NHPIs with chronic diseases were twice as likely to be multiple ED users and nearly four times as likely to be frequent-users of outpatient services. Social support played a protective role in preventing multiple use of ED. Having a usual source of care made it more than eight times as likely to be a frequent-user of outpatient services. Use of eHealth information increased the odds of using ED and outpatient services. Ability to afford health care increased the odds of using outpatient services. There was no association between health insurance coverage and use of ED and outpatient services among NHPIs. This research provides the first available national estimates of health services use by NHPIs. Efforts to improve appropriate use of health services should consider leveraging the protective factors of social support to reduce the odds of frequent ED use, and having a usual source of care to increase use of outpatient services.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 59 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 8 14%
Student > Master 7 12%
Student > Bachelor 7 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Lecturer 4 7%
Other 11 19%
Unknown 18 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 17%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 15%
Social Sciences 4 7%
Psychology 4 7%
Engineering 3 5%
Other 8 14%
Unknown 21 36%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 July 2018.
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#5,830,887
of 23,096,849 outputs
Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#2,580
of 7,740 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#99,409
of 329,030 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#108
of 213 outputs
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