Sociodemographic disparities in antibiotic-resistant outpatient urine cultures in a Boston hospital, 2015–2020: a cross-sectional analysis
The social determinants of health may play important and intersecting roles in determining a patient's risk of having a resistant uropathogens that is more challenging or expensive to treat. It is crucial to acknowledge how race is likely to be a proxy for other factors affecting health, and to consider that some groups may be disproportionately impacted by antibiotic resistance.
Authors
- Courtney W. Chan
- Shira Doron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9139-0857)
- Maya Nadimpalli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6526-116X)
- Leo K. Westgard
- Andrew Romasco
- Krisztian Gado
Institutions
- Tufts University (US)
- Tufts Medical Center (US)
- Emory University (US)
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
- Levy Economics Institute of Bard College (US)
- Brandeis University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal for Equity in Health
- Published
- 2024-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-024-02308-y
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Tufts Medical Center
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences