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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric surgery
  • Health services research
  • Social determinants of health

Background:

  • Social determinants of health (SDoH) significantly influence health outcomes.
  • Understanding the specific neighborhood characteristics impacting pediatric surgical outcomes is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore underlying dimensions of SDoH and neighborhood characteristics associated with postoperative outcomes in pediatric simple appendicitis.
  • To identify how socioeconomic deprivation indices and specific demographic factors relate to surgical outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of pediatric patients (<18 years) undergoing appendectomy (2015-2021).
  • Utilized American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric (NSQIP-P) data and electronic medical records.
  • Employed geocoding to link patient addresses with Social Deprivation Index (SDI), Area Deprivation Index (ADI), and other neighborhood data.
  • Applied factor analysis and multivariable modeling to identify predictors of postoperative outcomes.

Main Results:

  • Factor analysis identified two key dimensions: Factor 1 (Socioeconomic Deprivation: SDI and ADI scores) and Factor 2 (Neighborhood Demographics: % Black, Hispanic, high-needs, linguistically isolated residents).
  • Lower Factor 1 scores (greater socioeconomic advantage) correlated with increased length of stay and postoperative imaging.
  • Lower Factor 2 scores (fewer minoritized/high-needs residents) correlated with increased postoperative antibiotic usage.

Conclusions:

  • Two distinct latent factors, socioeconomic advantage and specific neighborhood characteristics, significantly impact pediatric appendicitis postoperative outcomes.
  • Patients with greater socioeconomic advantage experienced longer hospital stays and more imaging.
  • Patients from neighborhoods with lower proportions of minoritized and high-needs residents received more postoperative antibiotics.
  • These findings highlight the need for interventions addressing specific SDoH and neighborhood factors to reduce disparities in pediatric surgical care.