Social determinants of health and intensive care unit admission rates and outcomes for children, Australia, 2013–2020: analysis of national registry data
The population-standardised ICU admission rate is higher for Indigenous children and children residing in areas of greatest socio-economic disadvantage than for other children in Australia. Adjusted in-ICU mortality was higher for children from areas of greatest socio-economic disadvantage. Advancing health equity will require further investigation of the reasons for these differences.
Authors
- Marino S. Festa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6541-7841)
- Debbie Long (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0984-9559)
- Johnny Millar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0165-3591)
- Anthony Slater (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3127-1060)
- Darren Clinch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1295-7291)
- Paul Secombe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1137-0512)
- Lahn Straney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2615-2366)
- Vanessa Russ
- Shreerupa Basu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3177-627X)
- Katie M. Moynihan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2515-2951)
- Natasha Nassar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3720-9655)
- Thavani Thavarajasingam
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Royal Children's Hospital (AU)
- Harvard University (US)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Serdang Hospital (MY)
- Children's Hospital at Westmead (AU)
- Alice Springs Hospital (AU)
- Centre for Health Equity Studies (SE)
- Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Medical Journal of Australia
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52643
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.25