Examining community‐level social vulnerability and emergency department use for people living with sickle cell disease in Michigan

Examining community‐level social vulnerability and emergency department use for people living with sickle cell disease in Michigan

This study examined associations between emergency department (ED) visits and social vulnerability index (SVI) among Michigan's population with sickle cell disease (SCD) using data from the Michigan Sickle Cell Data Collection program (n = 3658 in 2018). SVI was higher among census tracts where...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric blood & cancer 2024-10, Vol.71 (10), p.e31225-n/a
Hauptverfasser: Swallow, Jennylee, Latta, Krista, Plegue, Melissa, Peng, Hannah K., Tipirneni, Renuka, Smith, Dominic, Lê‐Scherban, Félice, Dombkowski, Kevin J., Reeves, Sarah L.
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Sprache:eng
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Census
Data collection
emergency department
Emergency medical care
Sickle cell disease
social vulnerability index
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Zusammenfassung:This study examined associations between emergency department (ED) visits and social vulnerability index (SVI) among Michigan's population with sickle cell disease (SCD) using data from the Michigan Sickle Cell Data Collection program (n = 3658 in 2018). SVI was higher among census tracts where people with SCD resided (mean SVI = 0.67; SD = 0.27) compared to census tracts without SCD residents (mean SVI = 0.39; SD = 0.25; p 
ISSN:1545-5009
1545-5017
1545-5017
DOI:10.1002/pbc.31225