Type 2 diabetes hospitalisation and mortality in Vietnamese immigrants in Australia

Duong Thuy Tran; Louisa R Jorm; Maree Johnson; Hilary J Bambrick; Sanja Lujic

doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2014.01.013

Type 2 diabetes hospitalisation and mortality in Vietnamese immigrants in Australia

Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2014 Apr;104(1):e12-5. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.01.013. Epub 2014 Jan 18.

Authors

Duong Thuy Tran¹, Louisa R Jorm², Maree Johnson³, Hilary J Bambrick⁴, Sanja Lujic⁵

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Health Research, Building 3, Campbelltown Campus, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia. Electronic address: D.Tran@uws.edu.au.
² Centre for Health Research, Building 3, Campbelltown Campus, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia; The Sax Institute, PO Box K617, Haymarket, NSW 1240, Australia. Electronic address: L.Jorm@uws.edu.au.
³ School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia. Electronic address: M.Johnson@uws.edu.au.
⁴ Centre for Health Research, Building 3, Campbelltown Campus, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia. Electronic address: H.Bambrick@uws.edu.au.
⁵ Centre for Health Research, Building 3, Campbelltown Campus, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia. Electronic address: S.Lujic@uws.edu.au.

PMID: 24503042
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.01.013

Abstract

In comparison to Australia-born patients with type 2 diabetes (n=14,197), Vietnam-born patients (n=152) had significantly higher risks of mortality (any-cause and diabetes-specific) while experiencing similar rates of readmission for diabetes and co-morbidities. The findings may reflect delays in seeking care and suboptimal diabetes care in Vietnamese immigrants. Further investigation into quality of diabetes care in Vietnamese immigrant populations is needed.

Keywords: Australia; Hospital readmission; Immigrants; International Statistical Classification of Diseases; Mortality; Vietnamese.

MeSH terms

Aged
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / ethnology*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / mortality*
Emigrants and Immigrants / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Male
New South Wales / epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Risk
Survival Rate / trends
Vietnam / ethnology