A Child's Zip Code May Affect Survival Rate After Heart Surgery
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill., Feb. 23 -- The American Academy of Pediatrics issued the following news release:
A new study shows that children from lower income neighborhoods were less likely to survive after surgery for congenital heart defects than those from wealthier areas. The March 2018 study in Pediatrics, "Disparities in Outcomes and Resource Utilization After Hospitalization for Cardiac Surgery by Neighborhood Income," linked a decade's worth of data from the Pediatric . . .
A new study shows that children from lower income neighborhoods were less likely to survive after surgery for congenital heart defects than those from wealthier areas. The March 2018 study in Pediatrics, "Disparities in Outcomes and Resource Utilization After Hospitalization for Cardiac Surgery by Neighborhood Income," linked a decade's worth of data from the Pediatric . . .