Population-level SDOH and Pediatric Asthma Health Care Utilization: A Systematic Review

Authors

Jordan Tyris, Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia; and Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia.
Susan Keller, Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia; and Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia.
Kavita Parikh, Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia; and Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia.
Anand Gourishankar, Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia; and Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

8-1-2023

Journal

Hospital pediatrics

Volume

13

Issue

8

DOI

10.1542/hpeds.2022-007005

Abstract

CONTEXT: Spatial analysis is a population health methodology that can determine geographic distributions of asthma outcomes and examine their relationship to place-based social determinants of health (SDOH). OBJECTIVES: To systematically review US-based studies analyzing associations between SDOH and asthma health care utilization by geographic entities. DATA SOURCES: Pubmed, Medline, Web of Science, Scopus, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. STUDY SELECTION: Empirical, observational US-based studies were included if (1) outcomes included asthma-related emergency department visits or revisits, and hospitalizations or rehospitalizations; (2) exposures were ≥1 SDOH described by the Healthy People (HP) SDOH framework; (3) analysis occurred at the population-level using a geographic entity (eg, census-tract); (4) results were reported separately for children ≤18 years. DATA EXTRACTION: Two reviewers collected data on study information, demographics, geographic entities, SDOH exposures, and asthma outcomes. We used the HP SDOH framework's 5 domains to organize and synthesize study findings. RESULTS: The initial search identified 815 studies; 40 met inclusion criteria. Zip-code tabulation areas (n = 16) and census-tracts (n = 9) were frequently used geographic entities. Ten SDOH were evaluated across all HP domains. Most studies (n = 37) found significant associations between ≥1 SDOH and asthma health care utilization. Poverty and environmental conditions were the most often studied SDOH. Eight SDOH-poverty, higher education enrollment, health care access, primary care access, discrimination, environmental conditions, housing quality, and crime - had consistent significant associations with asthma health care utilization. CONCLUSIONS: Population-level SDOH are associated with asthma health care utilization when evaluated by geographic entities. Future work using similar methodology may improve this research's quality and utility.

APA Citation

Tyris, Jordan; Keller, Susan; Parikh, Kavita; and Gourishankar, Anand, "Population-level SDOH and Pediatric Asthma Health Care Utilization: A Systematic Review" (2023). GW Authored Works. Paper 3306.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/3306

Department

Pediatrics