Comparing Quality of Diabetes Care Between Immigrants and Non-Immigrants Within Dimensions of Marginalization: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Shadia Adekunte, Yu Qing Bai, Gillian L. Booth, Ghazal Fazli, Calvin Ke, Lorraine L. Lipscombe, Sarah M Mah, Laura C. Rosella, Walter P. Wodchis, Baiju R. Shah
May 2025
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Abstract

Using population-based healthcare administrative data linked to immigration and neighbourhood census data, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of all people aged ≥ 40 years with diabetes in Ontario, Canada on 1 April 2019. …[Findings suggest] that the gap in quality of care between immigrants and non-immigrants is not simply due to differences in these social determinants of health, and highlights the intersecting impact of immigration and marginalization. (To read more, please visit the links above.)

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Journal article
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Primary Care Diabetes, 19(3): 296–301
Diabetes Care Immigrants Disparities Quality of Care Ontario
Sarah M Mah
Sarah M Mah
Assistant Professor

I am a health geographer specializing in the use of linked geospatial, survey, and administrative data to examine how neighborhood environments influence health and well-being.