A novel tool using social and environmental determinants of health to assess pediatric asthma in the emergency department.

Asthma, the most common chronic disease in children, affects more than 4 million children in the United States, disproportionately affecting those who are economically disadvantaged and racial and ethnic minorities. Studies have shown that the racial and ethnic disparities in asthma outcomes can be largely explained by environmental, socioeconomic and other social determinants of health (SDoH). Utilizing new approaches to stratify disease severity and risk, which focus on the underlying SDoH that lead to asthma disparity, provides an opportunity to disentangle race and ethnicity from its confounding social determinants.

Mental Health Revisits at US Pediatric Emergency Departments.

Importance: Pediatric emergency department (ED) visits for mental health crises are increasing. Patients who frequently use the ED are of particular concern, as pediatric mental health ED visits are commonly repeat visits. Better understanding of trends and factors associated with mental health ED revisits is needed for optimal resource allocation and targeting of prevention efforts.

Geospatial data in pediatric asthma in the United States: a scoping review protocol.

Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to identify and describe the literature on the use of geospatial data in pediatric asthma research.

Introduction: Asthma is one of the most common pediatric chronic diseases in the United States, disproportionately affecting low-income patients. Asthma exacerbations may be triggered by local environmental factors, such as air pollution or exposure to indoor allergens.

Association of County-Level Availability of Pediatricians With Emergency Department Visits.

Objectives: The relationship between pediatrician availability and emergency department (ED) attendance is uncertain. We determined whether children in counties with more pediatricians had fewer ED visits.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of all ED visits among children younger than 18 years from 6 states.

Availability of Pediatric Inpatient Services in the United States.

Objectives: We sought to evaluate trends in pediatric inpatient unit capacity and access and to measure pediatric inpatient unit closures across the United States.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study of 4720 US hospitals using the 2008-2018 American Hospital Association survey. We used linear regression to describe trends in pediatric inpatient unit and PICU capacity.