Role of social deprivation on asthma care quality among a cohort of children in US community health centres.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Social deprivation is associated with worse asthma outcomes. The Social Deprivation Index is a composite measure of social determinants of health used to identify neighbourhood-level disadvantage in healthcare. Our objective was to determine if higher neighbourhood-level social deprivation is associated with documented asthma care quality measures among children treated at community health centres (CHCs).

Methods setting, participants, outcome measures

We used data from CHCs in 15 states in the Accelerating Data Value Across a National Community Health Center Network (ADVANCE). The sample included 34 266 children with asthma from 2008 to 2017, aged 3-17 living in neighbourhoods with differing levels of social deprivation measured using quartiles of the Social Depri

SUBMITTER: Lucas JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8230996 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature