Neighborhood Opportunity, Hospital Volume, and Pediatric Postoperative Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Sociodemographic disparities in pediatric perioperative care are often associated with residential segregation, referral patterns, and the regionalization of quaternary centers, which can concentrate patients from disadvantaged neighborhoods in low-volume hospitals. Although neighborhood conditions are increasingly recognized as critical to child health, their interaction with hospital volume and postoperative mortality remains unclear.

Objectives

To assess the association of neighborhood opportunity with pediatric postoperative mortality, and whether this association is modified by hospital volume.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used the multicenter administrative Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) database from J

SUBMITTER: Tay S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12612942 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature