Social Determinants of Health and Redirection of Care for Infants Born Extremely Preterm.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Redirection of care refers to withdrawal, withholding, or limiting escalation of treatment. Whether maternal social determinants of health are associated with redirection of care discussions merits understanding.

Objective

To examine associations between maternal social determinants of health and redirection of care discussions for infants born extremely preterm.

Design, setting, and participants

This is a retrospective analysis of a prospective cohort of infants born at less than 29 weeks' gestation between April 2011 and December 2020 at 19 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network centers in the US. Follow-up occurred between January 2013 and October 2023. Included infants received active treatment at birth and ha

SUBMITTER: Brumbaugh JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10928542 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature