Paediatric anaesthesia & critical care
Impact of Socioeconomic Deprivation on children's Need for Anesthesia: A Retrospective Analysis of Electronic Health Records From a Tertiary Referral children's Hospital
Main finding · Children from a deprived area more likely to undergo treatmentResult — go to the resultAdjusted odds ratio 1.15 95% CI 1.13–1.17Authors' conclusion
Children living in deprived areas are more likely to present for procedures involving anesthesia at our hospital, which serves a large area: Northwest England and Wales.
Study context
- Population
- Children presenting for procedures involving anaesthesia at a specialist children's referral hospital in Northwest England and Wales, UK, 2016–2024
- Participants
- 71,613 episodes
- Exposure
- Children from deprived vs less deprived areas
- Outcome
- Odds of having a procedure requiring anaesthesia according to deprivation
Methodological detailselectronic health records linked to population data, multivariate mixed-effects logistic regression, single tertiary referral centre
- Electronic health records linked to population data
- Multivariate mixed-effects logistic regression
- Single tertiary referral centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Children from a deprived area more likely to undergo treatment
Adjusted odds ratio
1.15
95% CI 1.13–1.17
P < 0.001
Children from deprived vs less deprived areas (IMD)
aOR 1.15 (95% CI 1.13–1.17); P < 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Odds of a procedure by speciality
- Higher for most specialities for children from a deprived area; greatest for dental procedures
Odds of a procedure by IMD decile
- Strongest effect for children from the most deprived areas
Sensitivity analysis
- Did not change the general conclusion
Original publication
Impact of Socioeconomic Deprivation on children's Need for Anesthesia: A Retrospective Analysis of Electronic Health Records From a Tertiary Referral children's Hospital. Paediatr Anaesth. Published 2 September 2026. doi:10.
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