Explaining Racial Disparities in Child Asthma Readmission Using a Causal Inference Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Childhood asthma is characterized by disparities in the experience of morbidity, including the risk for readmission to the hospital after an initial hospitalization. African American children have been shown to have more than 2 times the hazard of readmission when compared with their white counterparts.

Objective

To explain why African American children are at greater risk for asthma-related readmissions than white children.

Design, setting, and participants

This study was completed as part of the Greater Cincinnati Asthma Risks Study, a population-based, prospective, observational cohort. From August 2010 to October 2011, it enrolled 695 children, aged 1 to 16 years, admitted for asthma or wheezing who identified as African American (n = 441) or white (n =

SUBMITTER: Beck AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5503118 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature