Inequalities in paediatric hospitalisations for costly and prevalent conditions in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identifying inequalities is important for informing research, and policy efforts to reduce health disparities. This study measured the inequalities in hospitalisations for the costly and prevalent conditions in hospitalised children using association estimates.

Methods

Population-based cohort study using health administrative databases in Ontario, Canada between 2014 and 2019. The hospitalisation rate was determined for the costly and prevalent conditions in children. Hospitalisation inequalities by four equity stratifiers (material resources, rurality, sex, and immigrant status) were quantified using rate difference (RD), rate ratio (RR), and ratio of excess to total hospitalisation rate. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were also conducted.

Findings

SUBMITTER: Gill PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11964682 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature