Association Between Social Determinants of Health and Retinopathy of Prematurity Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Previous studies suggest that race or ethnicity may be associated with risk for developing retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Little is known about how socioeconomic factors mediate the relationship between race or ethnicity and ROP outcomes.

Objective

To evaluate how socioeconomic factors, in the context of race and ethnicity, are associated with ROP outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used US Census Bureau income data and electronic medical records from neonatal intensive care units at 4 hospitals, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA Santa Monica Hospital, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Eligible participants included neonates born at a gestational age (GA) of 30 weeks or less, birth we

SUBMITTER: Karmouta R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9011172 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature