Child Opportunity Index and Pediatric Intensive Care Outcomes: A Multicenter Retrospective Study in the United States

Michael C. McCrory, Manzilat Akande, Katherine N. Slain, Curtis E. Kennedy, Meredith C. Winter, Morgan G. Stottlemyre, Martin K. Wakeham, Kyle A. Barnack, Jia Xin Huang, Meesha Sharma, Adrian D. Zurca, Neethi P. Pinto, Adam C. Dziorny, Aline B. Maddux, Anjali Garg, Alan G. Woodruff, Mary E. Hartman, Otwell D. Timmons, R. Scott Heidersbach, Michael J. CiscoAnthony A. Sochet, Brian J. Wells, Elizabeth E. Halvorson, Amit K. Saha

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate for associations between a child's neighborhood, as categorized by Child Opportunity Index (COI 2.0), and 1) PICU mortality, 2) severity of illness at PICU admission, and 3) PICU length of stay (LOS). DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Fifteen PICUs in the United States. PATIENTS: Children younger than 18 years admitted from 2019 to 2020, excluding those after cardiac procedures. Nationally-normed COI category (very low, low, moderate, high, very high) was determined for each admission by census tract, and clinical features were obtained from the Virtual Pediatric Systems LLC (Los Angeles, CA) data from each site. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Among 33,901 index PICU admissions during the time period, median patient age was 4.9 years and PICU mortality was 2.1%. There was a higher percentage of admissions from the very low COI category (27.3%) than other COI categories (17.2-19.5%, p < 0.0001). Patient admissions from the high and very high COI categories had a lower median Pediatric Index of Mortality 3 risk of mortality (0.70) than those from the very low, low, and moderate COI groups (0.71) (p < 0.001). PICU mortality was lowest in the very high (1.7%) and high (1.9%) COI groups and highest in the moderate group (2.5%), followed by very low (2.3%) and low (2.2%) (p = 0.001 across categories). Median PICU LOS was between 1.37 and 1.50 days in all COI categories. Multivariable regression revealed adjusted odds of PICU mortality of 1.30 (95% CI, 0.94-1.79; p = 0.11) for children from a very low versus very high COI neighborhood, with an odds ratio [OR] of 0.996 (95% CI, 0.993-1.00; p = 0.05) for mortality for COI as an ordinal value from 0 to 100. Children without insurance coverage had an OR for mortality of 3.58 (95% CI, 2.46-5.20; p < 0.0001) as compared with those with commercial insurance. CONCLUSIONS: Children admitted to a cohort of U.S. PICUs were often from very low COI neighborhoods. Children from very high COI neighborhoods had the lowest risk of mortality and observed mortality; however, odds of mortality were not statistically different by COI category in a multivariable model. Children without insurance coverage had significantly higher odds of PICU mortality regardless of neighborhood.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)323-334
Number of pages12
JournalPediatric Critical Care Medicine
Volume25
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2024

Keywords

  • intensive care unit
  • outcomes
  • pediatric
  • social determinants of health

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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