Foster Care Status as an Understudied Social Driver of Health Outcomes for Children Needing Cardiac Surgery
CYFC with heart disease have adverse long-term outcomes and greater hospital resource use. Improved capture of foster care status in administrative data is needed to guide future studies and reduce disparities.
Authors
- Jennifer M. Perez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8195-8621)
- Richard C. Antonelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6222-6329)
- Jane W. Newburger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7794-9017)
- Snehal Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8745-398X)
- Kimberlee Gauvreau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2597-3226)
- Katie M. Moynihan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2515-2951)
- Joanne E. Cox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5430-4689)
- Alke Martens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4637-6738)
- Taylor Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7067-060X)
- Michael Laccavole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5072-6544)
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Boston Children's Museum (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Heart Association
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.125.042179
- Primary Topic
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00