Health disparities of critically ill children according to poverty: the Korean population-based retrospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Esther Park (Author), Hyejeong Park (Author), Danbee Kang (Author), Chi Ryang Chung (Author), Jeong Hoon Yang (Author), Kyeongman Jeon (Author), Eliseo Guallar (Author), Juhee Cho (Author), Gee Young Suh (Author), Joongbum Cho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background There is a lack of nationwide studies on critically ill patients' health disparity under the National Health Insurance (NHI) system. We evaluated health disparities in intensive care unit (ICU) admission, outcomes, and readmission in impoverished children. Methods We conduct...