Where children live linked to delayed access to surgical care

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Where children live linked to delayed access to surgical care

A new study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago found that children from less resourced neighborhoods were at increased odds of presenting with complicated appendicitis, an indicator of delayed access to surgical care. This is the first pediatric study to link many neighborhood-level factors that influence health—such as quality of schools, housing, safety, and economic opportunity—to timely surgical care access. Findings are published in the journal JAMA Network Open.

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