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Community socioeconomic disadvantage and the survival of infants with congenital heart defects

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  • Kucik, J.E.
  • Nembhard, W.N.
  • Donohue, P.
  • Devine, O.
  • Wang, Y.
  • Minkovitz, C.S.
  • Burke, T.

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Objectives. We examined the association between survival of infants with severe congenital heart defects (CHDs) and community-level indicators of socioeconomic status. Methods. We identified infants born to residents of Arizona, New Jersey, New York, and Texas between 1999 and 2007 with selected CHDs from 4 population-based, statewide birth defect surveillance programs. We linked data to the 2000 US Census to obtain 11 census tract-level socioeconomic indicators. We estimated survival probabilities and hazard ratios adjusted for individual characteristics. Results. We observed differences in infant survival for 8 community socioeconomic indicators (P

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  • Kucik, J.E. & Nembhard, W.N. & Donohue, P. & Devine, O. & Wang, Y. & Minkovitz, C.S. & Burke, T., 2014. "Community socioeconomic disadvantage and the survival of infants with congenital heart defects," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 104(11), pages 150-157.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2014.302099_6
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302099
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