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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedBrokamp C, Jones MN, Duan Q
Causal mediation of neighborhood-level pediatric hospitalization inequities.
This study’s objective was to estimate the total inequities in population-level hospitalization rates of children and determine how much is mediated by place-based exposures and community characteristics. The authors employed a population-wide, neighborhood-level study that included youth <18 years hospitalized between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2022. They defined a causal directed acyclic graph a priori to estimate the mediating pathways by which marginalized population composition causes census tract-level hospitalization rates. They analyzed 50,719 hospitalizations experienced by 28,390 patients and calculated census tract-level hospitalization rates per 1000 children, which ranged from 10.9 to 143.0 across included tracts. For every 10% increase in the marginalized population, the tract-level hospitalization rate increased by 6.2%. After adjustment for tract-level community material deprivation, crime risk, English usage, housing tenure, family composition, hospital access, greenspace, traffic-related air pollution, and housing conditions, no inequity remained (0.2%). There were different results when considering subsets of asthma, type 1 diabetes, sickle cell anemia, and psychiatric disorders.
AHRQ-funded; HS027996.
Citation: Brokamp C, Jones MN, Duan Q .
Causal mediation of neighborhood-level pediatric hospitalization inequities.
Pediatrics 2024 Apr; 153(4):e2023064432. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-064432..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Medication, Disparities, Hospitalization
Kim JH, Fine DR, Li L
Disparities in United States hospitalizations for serious infections in patients with and without opioid use disorder: a nationwide observational study.
This study examined the differences in patients with and without opioid use disorder (OUD) who were hospitalized for serious infections focusing on infective endocarditis, epidural abscess, septic arthritis or osteomyelitis. The authors used the 2016 National Inpatient Sample to examine differences in length of stay (LOS), discharge disposition, and charges. Patients with OUD had a lower probability of discharge at any given LOS, and lower odds of discharge to home with higher odds of discharge to a post-acute care facility. There were no significant differences in average total hospital charges.
AHRQ-funded; HS026215.
Citation: Kim JH, Fine DR, Li L .
Disparities in United States hospitalizations for serious infections in patients with and without opioid use disorder: a nationwide observational study.
PLoS Med 2020 Aug;17(8):e1003247. doi: 10.1371/ournal.pmed.1003247.
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Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Disparities, Opioids, Substance Abuse, Hospitalization, Medication, Infectious Diseases