Cross-sectional analysis of place-based and racial disparities in hospitalisation rates by disease category in California in 2001 and 2011.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To study the association of place-based socioeconomic factors with disease distribution by comparing hospitalisation rates in California in 2001 and 2011 by zip code median household income.

Design

Serial cross-sectional study testing the association between hospitalisation rates and zip code-level median income, with subgroup analyses by zip code income and race.

Participants/setting

Our study included all hospitalised adults over 18 years old living in California in 2001 and 2011 who were not pregnant or incarcerated. This included all acute-care hospitalisations in California including 1632 zip codes in 2001 and 1672 zip codes in 2011.

Primary and secondary outcomes

We compared age-standardised hospitalisations per 100 000 persons, overall and for

SUBMITTER: Raphael E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6830629 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature