ArticleBurns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries2011
Influence of race and neighborhood on the risk for and outcomes of burns in the elderly in North Carolina.
Article in Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Epidemiological Profile of Burns in the Elderly in Lagos, Nigeria: A Preliminary Study.Annals of burns and fire disasters · 2023Article
- Race, area deprivation index, and access to surgical burn care in a pediatric population in North Carolina.Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries · 2023Article
- What Fuels the Fire: A Narrative Review of the Role Social Determinants of Health Play in Burn Injuries.European burn journal · 2022Review
- Epidemiological Investigation of Elderly Patients with Severe Burns at a Major Burn Center in Southwest China.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020Article
- Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of burns in the older person: a seven-year retrospective analysis of 693 cases at a burn center in south-west China.Burns & trauma · 2020Article
- Census-based socioeconomic indicators for monitoring injury causes in the USA: a review.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2015Review
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Abstract
Risk factors for mortality and length of hospital stay in elderly burn patients are well established, but the influence of race and socioeconomic status has not been evaluated. This study evaluates the effect of neighborhood level socioeconomic indicators on burns risk, and determines whether race and neighborhood influence burn injury outcomes in the elderly. Data from the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center was linked to United States Census Bureau block group socioeconomic data. The odds of death and increased length of hospital stay for European-Americans and Minorities were determined using logistic regression. Rates of burn were determined using Poisson regression, and multilevel modeling was used to evaluate the influence of neighborhood on outcomes. No significant differences in mortality were observed between European-American and Minority patients in individual (Minority OR 0.71; p=0.3200) and multilevel (0.72; p=0.4020) models. Minorities had significantly higher odds of increased length of hospital stay in individual (2.05; p=0.0020) and multilevel (2.55; 0.037) models. High proportions of rural households (RR=1.39; p=0.0010) and poverty (1.26; p<0.0001) were significantly associated with increased risk of burn. Additional investigation using larger databases will allow further elucidation of the contextual effects of socioeconomic status on burn in the elderly.
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