ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2021
Multilevel social factors and NICU quality of care in California.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Socioeconomic disparities in the postnatal growth of preterm infants: a systematic review.Pediatric research · 2025Pooled it
- Understanding the Domains of Experiences of Black Mothers with Preterm Infants in the United States: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2023Pooled it
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- Allied health services availability and human milk nutrition among preterm infants.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Voices From the NICU: Exploring Lived Maternal Experiences and Challenges in Caring for Preterm Newborns in Central Ethiopia: A Phenomenological Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Between-center variability in the outcome of VLBW infants is not affected by socioeconomic deprivation.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- A novel approach to patient portal activation data to power equity improvements.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2024Article
- Health Disparities in the Management and Outcomes of Critically Ill Children and Neonates: A Scoping Review.Critical care clinics · 2024Article
- Disparity drivers, potential solutions, and the role of a health equity dashboard in the neonatal intensive care unit: a qualitative study.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024Article
- Quality, outcome, and cost of care provided to very low birth weight infants in California.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024Article
- Environmental influences on child health outcomes: cohorts of individuals born very preterm.Pediatric research · 2023Review
- What Black Mothers with Preterm Infants Want for Their Mental Health Care: A Qualitative Study.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2023Article
- Parental experiences in neonatal intensive care unit in Ethiopia: a phenomenological study.Annals of medicine · 2022Article
- PretermConnect: Leveraging mobile technology to mitigate social disadvantage in the NICU and beyond.Seminars in perinatology · 2021Article
- Unequal care: Racial/ethnic disparities in neonatal intensive care delivery.Seminars in perinatology · 2021Review
- Disparities in perinatal health: what can we do?Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2021Article
- Disparities in Kangaroo Care for Premature Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPArticle
- Massachusetts Multisite Quality Improvement to Address Family Engagement in Level 2-3 Neonatal Intensive Care Units.Pediatric quality & safetyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveOur objective was to incorporate social and built environment factors into a compendium of multilevel factors among a cohort of very low birth weight infants to understand their contributions to inequities in NICU quality of care and support providers and NICUs in addressing these inequities via development of a health equity dashboard. STUDY
designWe examined bivariate associations between NICU patient pool and NICU catchment area characteristics and NICU quality of care with data from a cohort of 15,901 infants from 119 NICUs in California, born 2008-2011.
resultNICUs with higher proportion of minority racial/ethnic patients and lower SES patients had lower quality scores. NICUs with catchment areas of lower SES, higher composition of minority residents, and more household crowding had lower quality scores.
conclusionMultilevel social factors impact quality of care in the NICU. Their incorporation into a health equity dashboard can inform providers of their patients' potential resource needs.
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