Association between pediatric TBI mortality and median family income in the United States: A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are regional disparities in pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) mortality across the United States, but the factors underlying these differences are unclear.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the Pediatric Health Information System database including inpatient hospital encounters for children less than 18 years old with a primary diagnosis of TBI between 2010-2019.

Findings

Lower median family income was associated with pediatric TBI mortality. Encounters from zip-codes with a median family income of <$20,000 had a 3.1% (29/950) mortality, as opposed to 1.3% (29/2,267) mortality for zip-codes with a median family income of >$80,000 (p = 0.00096). In multivariable logistic regression, every $10,000 of income was associ

SUBMITTER: Pelletier JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8896657 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature