Association of Food Deserts and Pediatric Hospitalization Rates

Authors

Laura Plencner, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Matthew Hall
Molly Krager, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Henry T. Puls, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Jessica L. Markham, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Ellen Kerns
Jessica L. Bettenhausen, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Publication Date

2019

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Abstract

Retrospective cross-sectional study describes differences in hospitalization rates for children based upon their residence within a food desert and describes any differences among reasons for hospitalization.

MeSH Keywords

Food Supply; Hospitalization; Child, Hospitalized; Poverty Areas

Keywords

Hospitalization Rates; Food Deserts; Children

Disciplines

Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Pediatrics

Notes

Poster first presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore MD, April 24-May 1, 2019

Recommended Citation

Plencner, Laura; Hall, Matthew; Krager, Molly; Puls, Henry T.; Markham, Jessica L.; Kerns, Ellen; and Bettenhausen, Jessica L., "Association of Food Deserts and Pediatric Hospitalization Rates" (2019). Posters. 80.
https://scholarlyexchange.childrensmercy.org/posters/80