The influence of social and environmental determinants of health on hospitalizations for pediatric asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood, and has several social, environmental, and demographic factors potentially influential to its disease burden. This study sought to determine the influence of these factors on hospital admissions and readmissions for pediatric asthma.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study using data from the Indiana Network for Patient Care, a state-wide health information exchange in the United States. Study participants were children 2-18 years old admitted to the hospital with a respiratory diagnostic code between 2010 and 2021. Clinical variables were obtained from electronic health record data, and social and environmental determinants of health data were obtained from the Indiana Social Assets and Vulnerabilities

SUBMITTER: Rogerson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11734457 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature