Screening Social Determinants of Health in a Multidisciplinary Severe Asthma Clinical Program.

ABSTRACT: Asthma is the most common cause of chronic disease in children and has high healthcare utilization costs. Minority children living in poverty have a higher asthma burden. These health disparities are associated with the social determinants of health (SDH). A severe asthma clinic was implemented at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego to determine whether a multidisciplinary approach, including an asthma home visit addressing SDH, would lead to decreased healthcare utilization in terms of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations.

Methods

Patients with 2 or more ED visits in the past 6 months or 2 or more hospitalizations in the previous year were recruited to Rady Children's Hospital Severe Asthma Clinic. A multidisciplinary team evaluated each patient systematically. A

SUBMITTER: Leibel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7665245 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature