Residential area deprivation and risk of subsequent hospital admission in a British population: the EPIC-Norfolk cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate whether residential area deprivation index predicts subsequent admissions to hospital and time spent in hospital independently of individual social class and lifestyle factors.

Design

Prospective population-based study.

Setting

The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer in Norfolk (EPIC-Norfolk) study.

Participants

11 214 men and 13 763 women in the general population, aged 40-79 years at recruitment (1993-1997), alive in 1999.

Main outcome measure

Total admissions to hospital and time spent in hospital during a 19-year time period (1999-2018).

Results

Compared to those with residential Townsend Area Deprivation Index lower than the average for England and Wales, those with a higher than average deprivation index

SUBMITTER: Luben R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6937051 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature