ArticleBMC infectious diseases2021
Relationship between neighborhood census-tract level socioeconomic status and respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalizations in U.S. adults, 2015-2017.
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- Neighborhood infrastructure-related risk factors and non-communicable diseases: a systematic meta-review.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2023Pooled it
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- Parental Socioeconomic Status and an Infant's Risk of Hospital Admission for Respiratory Syncytial Virus.Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society · 2024Article
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- Neighborhood-Level Burden of Social Risk Factors on Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalization in Ontario, Canada, 2016-2019.Open forum infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalizations Associated With Social Vulnerability by Census Tract: An Opportunity for Intervention?Open forum infectious diseases · 2024Article
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- Systematic Literature Review of Risk Factors for Poor Outcomes Among Adults With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in High-Income Countries.Open forum infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Estimated incidence of respiratory hospitalizations attributable to RSV infections across age and socioeconomic groups.Pneumonia (Nathan Qld.) · 2022Article
- State-level political partisanship strongly correlates with health outcomes for US children.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Association of neighborhood deprivation with pulmonary function measures among participants in the Gulf Long-Term Follow-up Study.Environmental research · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundRespiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection causes substantial morbidity and mortality in children and adults. Socioeconomic status (SES) is known to influence many health outcomes, but there have been few studies of the relationship between RSV-associated illness and SES, particularly in adults. Understanding this association is important in order to identify and address disparities and to prioritize resources for prevention.
methodsAdults hospitalized with a laboratory-confirmed RSV infection were identified through population-based surveillance at multiple sites in the U.S. The incidence of RSV-associated hospitalizations was calculated by census-tract (CT) poverty and crowding, adjusted for age. Log binomial regression was used to evaluate the association between Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission or death and CT poverty and crowding.
resultsAmong the 1713 cases, RSV-associated hospitalization correlated with increased CT level poverty and crowding. The incidence rate of RSV-associated hospitalization was 2.58 (CI 2.23, 2.98) times higher in CTs with the highest as compared to the lowest percentages of individuals living below the poverty level (≥ 20 and < 5%, respectively). The incidence rate of RSV-associated hospitalization was 1.52 (CI 1.33, 1.73) times higher in CTs with the highest as compared to the lowest levels of crowding (≥5 and < 1% of households with > 1 occupant/room, respectively). Neither CT level poverty nor crowding had a correlation with ICU admission or death.
conclusionsPoverty and crowding at CT level were associated with increased incidence of RSV-associated hospitalization, but not with more severe RSV disease. Efforts to reduce the incidence of RSV disease should consider SES.
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