Child Opportunity Index and Pediatric Intensive Care Outcomes: A Multicenter Retrospective Study in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate for associations between a child's neighborhood, as categorized by Child Opportunity Index (COI 2.0), and 1) PICU mortality, 2) severity of illness at PICU admission, and 3) PICU length of stay (LOS).

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Fifteen PICUs in the United States.

Patients

Children younger than 18 years admitted from 2019 to 2020, excluding those after cardiac procedures. Nationally-normed COI category (very low, low, moderate, high, very high) was determined for each admission by census tract, and clinical features were obtained from the Virtual Pediatric Systems LLC (Los Angeles, CA) data from each site.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Among 33,901 index PICU admissions during the time peri

SUBMITTER: McCrory MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11956080 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature