High Area Deprivation Index is Associated With Discharge to Foster Care in Pediatric Patients With Non-accidental Trauma
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Kathryn Martin, Sonali Dadoo, Catherine Sillari, Samuel Abecassis, Alice Zhang, Sima Vazquez, Sivanna Shusterman, Christian Gabriele, Michael Brown, Luis I. Ruffolo, Derek Wakeman, Irim Salik
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Outcomes after non-accidental trauma (NAT) have been shown to be impacted by social determinants of health. Our study aims to investigate the association between NAT, patient demographics, neighborhood disadvantage as measured by the Area Deprivation Index (ADI), and patient disposition.
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