Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Indicators of Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Position and Pediatric Critical Illness
Study context
- Population
- Children <18 years admitted to a PICU in a large urban tertiary pediatric hospital, 2016–2019, residing in the city of Baltimore or Baltimore County
- Participants
- 2,476 PICU admissions
- Comparison
- Census tract-level indicators of neighborhood socioeconomic position and PICU admission incidence
- City of Baltimoren = 1,351
- Baltimore Countyn = 1,125
- Outcome
- PICU admission
Methodological detailssingle-centre, census tract-level, unadjusted negative binomial regression
- Single-centre
- Census tract-level
- Unadjusted negative binomial regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
PICU admission incidence by neighborhood indicator
Incidence rate ratio (95% CI)
City of Baltimore% families below poverty line
1.09(1.00–1.18)
Baltimore County% families below poverty line
1.19(1.05–1.36)
City of Baltimoreper $10,000 increase in median household income
0.91(0.86–0.95)
Baltimore Countyper $10,000 increase in median household income
0.91(0.88–0.94)
City of Baltimorevacant housing units
1.10(1.01–1.21)
Baltimore Countyvacant housing units
1.46(1.21–1.77)
City of Baltimoreper 10% increase in occupied homes without vehicles
1.14(1.07–1.21)
Baltimore Countyper 10% increase in occupied homes without vehicles
1.23(1.11–1.37)
Each row per its own increment, as printed
Further findings
PICU admissions by area deprivation index (ADI)
ADI City of Baltimore > 60 · Baltimore County < 60
Original publication
Indicators of Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Position and Pediatric Critical Illness. Chest. Published 23 July 2023. doi:10.
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