Association Between Socioeconomic Status and Asthma-Related Emergency Department Visits Among World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers and Survivors | Zendy

Jennifer Brite | Zendy; Howard Alper | Zendy; Stephen Friedman | Zendy; Erin Takemoto | Zendy; James E. Cone | Zendy

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Association Between Socioeconomic Status and Asthma-Related Emergency Department Visits Among World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers and Survivors

Author(s) -

Jennifer Brite,

Howard Alper,

Stephen Friedman,

Erin Takemoto,

James E. Cone

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

jama network open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.278

H-Index - 39

ISSN - 2574-3805

DOI - 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.1600

Subject(s) - emergency department , socioeconomic status , medicine , asthma , demography , american community survey , interquartile range , health equity , gerontology , household income , public health , family medicine , environmental health , population , geography , census , psychiatry , nursing , surgery , archaeology , sociology

Key Points Question How much of the association between socioeconomic status and asthma-related emergency department visits is mediated by barriers to care? Findings In this cohort study of 30 452 enrollees in the World Trade Center Health Registry, lower socioeconomic status was associated with a greater number of asthma-related emergency department visits, and barriers to care mediated a small percentage of this association. Meaning These findings suggest that individuals of lower socioeconomic status in the World Trade Center Health Registry experience worse asthma outcomes despite being potentially eligible for no-cost treatment and medications.

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