Neighborhood Deprivation and Crime on Asthma Exacerbations and Utilization in Mild Adult Asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social determinants of health have a significant impact on asthma outcomes, and factors such as income level and neighborhood environment have crucial roles.

Objective

This study aimed to assess the impact of the Neighborhood Deprivation Index (NDI) and Total Crime Index (TCI) on acute asthma exacerbation (AAE) and asthma-related emergency department and urgent care (ED/UC) visits in adults with mild asthma.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study used administrative data from Kaiser Permanente Southern California among 198,873 adult patients with mild asthma between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2018. We employed robust Poisson regression models, adjusted for age and sex, to investigate the associations of NDI and TCI with AAE and asthma-related ED/UC v

SUBMITTER: Xu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11560689 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature