Disparities in Non-Fatal Health Outcomes in Pediatric General Trauma Studies.

ABSTRACT: When prevention efforts fail, injured children require high-quality health services to support their recovery. Disparities in non-fatal injury outcomes, an indicator of health-care quality, have received minimal attention. We evaluated the extent to which general trauma follow-up studies published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature provide evidence of socially patterned inequities in health, functional or disability outcomes ≥4 weeks after childhood injuries. Using a systematic search, we identified 27 eligible cohort studies from 13 high-income countries. We examined the extent to which the reported health outcomes varied across the PROGRESS criteria: place of residence, race/ethnicity, occupation, gender/sex, religion, socio-economic status, and social capital. The available evid

SUBMITTER: Ameratunga S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5800142 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature