Neighborhood-Level Burden of Social Risk Factors on Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalization in Ontario, Canada, 2016-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Beyond clinical risk factors, little is known about the impact of social determinants on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) burden. Our study aimed to estimate RSV-related hospitalization rates across sociodemographic and housing characteristics.

Methods

We conducted a population-based study of all RSV-related hospitalizations in Ontario, Canada, between September 1, 2016, and August 31, 2019, using validated hospital discharge codes and census data. Crude and age-standardized annualized RSV incidence rates and rate ratios (RRs) were estimated for a range of individual-level demographics and neighborhood-level measures of marginalization and housing characteristics.

Results

Overall, the annual RSV-related hospitalization rate was 27 per 100 000, with the hig

SUBMITTER: Chen KYA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11298255 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature