Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Association of Neighborhood Opportunity, Race, and Ethnicity with Pediatric Day-of-surgery Cancellations: A Cohort Study
Main finding · Day-of-surgery cancellationResult — go to the resultAdjusted relative risk 2.24 95% CI 2.05–2.44Authors' conclusion
This study found a strong relationship between pediatric day-of-surgery cancellation and neighborhood opportunity.
Study context
- Population
- Children younger than 18 yr scheduled for ambulatory surgery at a tertiary pediatric hospital, 2017–2022
- Exposure
- Very-low- vs very-high-opportunity neighborhoods
- Outcome
- Day-of-surgery cancellation
Methodological detailssingle-centre, tertiary pediatric hospital
- Single-centre
- Tertiary pediatric hospital
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Adjusted relative risk
2.24
95% CI 2.05–2.44
P < 0.001
By group
Very-low-opportunity vs Very-high-opportunity
adjusted RR 2.24 (95% CI 2.05–2.44); P < 0.001
- Overall incidence of day-of-surgery cancellation
- 3.8%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | RR (95% CI) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day-of-surgery cancellation, Black vs White children, very-low-opportunity neighborhoods (subgroup) | 1.48 (1.35–1.63) | P < 0.001 | |
| Day-of-surgery cancellation, Black vs White children, very-high-opportunity neighborhoods (subgroup) | 2.17 (1.75–2.69) | P < 0.001 | |
| 0.20.5125Relative risk (log scale) |
- Day-of-surgery cancellation, Black vs White children, very-low-opportunity neighborhoods (subgroup): statistical evidence of interaction of Child Opportunity Index with race and ethnicity
Original publication
Association of Neighborhood Opportunity, Race, and Ethnicity with Pediatric Day-of-surgery Cancellations: A Cohort Study. Anesthesiology. Published 24 May 2024. doi:10.
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