Social Vulnerability, Intervention Utilization, and Outcomes in US Adults Hospitalized With Influenza.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Seasonal influenza is associated with substantial disease burden. The relationship between census tract-based social vulnerability and clinical outcomes among patients with influenza remains unknown.

Objective

To characterize associations between social vulnerability and outcomes among patients hospitalized with influenza and to evaluate seasonal influenza vaccine and influenza antiviral utilization patterns across levels of social vulnerability.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective repeated cross-sectional study was conducted among adults with laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations from the 2014 to 2015 through the 2018 to 2019 influenza seasons. Data were from a population-based surveillance network of counties within 1

SUBMITTER: Adams K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11702903 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature