Social Determinants of Health Needs and Pediatric Health Care Use
| Autor: | Deena J. Chisolm, Hannah Keedy, Rose Y. Hardy, Samantha J. Boch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Social Work medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Social Determinants of Health Pediatric health media_common.quotation_subject Sample (statistics) Young Adult Preventive Health Services Health care Ambulatory Care Institution Humans Medicine Social determinants of health Child media_common Health Services Needs and Demand Primary Health Care Social work business.industry Infant Newborn Infant Emergency department Hospitalization Socioeconomic Factors Child Preschool Family medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Propensity score matching Female Emergency Service Hospital business Facilities and Services Utilization Needs Assessment |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Pediatrics. 238:275-281.e1 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3476 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.07.056 |
| Popis: | To examine the associations between family-reported social needs in primary care settings and pediatric health care use.Data were obtained for a sample of 56 253 children and youths (age 0-21 years) who received primary care at a large hospital-based pediatric institution between June 2018 and October 2019 to estimate a propensity score for the probability of being seen in a primary care clinic. Inverse probability weighted regression specifications were used to examine the associations between reported social needs and health care use. Families were asked about 4 social needs: housing, utilities, transportation, and food. Outcomes included the number of Emergency Department (ED), inpatient, social work, and well-child visits (only for those aged 0-2 years) in the 6 months before and after needs screening.Overall, 12.0% of the families reported a general social need, with 28% of those needs identified as urgent. Food and transportation needs were most common. Patients with needs were more likely to have an ED or inpatient visit at 6 months prescreening and 6 months postscreening compared with those without needs. Among children aged2 years, those with a social need were less likely to have completed a well-child visit at 6 months postscreening compared with those without a need.Social needs are linked to less preventive care use and greater reliance on emergency care services. Understanding how to better assist families in need requires greater attention. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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