“People with disabilities perceive not being treated with respect by health care workers or provided with easily understood information”
“People with disabilities (PwD) are more likely to report negative experiences with the cultural responsiveness of health care providers (HCPs), according to a research letter published online March 4 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Mihir Kakara, M.B.B.S., from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City, and Jaya Aysola, M.D., from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, compared the perceptions of culturally responsive care from HCPs among people with and without disabilities using data from the 2017 National Health Interview Survey. Overall, 22,864 adults who had seen their HCP in the previous year were asked about the cultural competence of their HCP. Reponses to three of the 4-point Likert scale questions were analyzed.”