Association between Socioeconomic Status and Incidence of Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infection — United States, 2014–2015. (19th January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Skrobarcek, Kimberly A; Mu, Yi; Ahern, Jennifer; Basiliere, Elizabeth; Beldavs, Zintars G; Brousseau, Geoffrey; Dumyati, Ghinwa; Fridkin, Scott; Holzbauer, Stacy M; Johnston, Helen; Kainer, Marion A; Meek, James; Ocampo, Valerie L S; Parker, Erin; Perlmutter, Rebecca; Phipps, Erin C; Winston, Lisa; Guh, Alice
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 73:Number 4(2021)
• Page Start: 722
• Page End: 725
• Publication Date: 2021-01-19
• Subjects: Community-associated Clostridioides difficile -- social determinants of ealth -- health disparities; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab042
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

Abstract: We evaluated the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and community-associated Clostridioides difficile infection (CA-CDI) incidence across 2474 census tracts in 10 states. Highly correlated community-level SES variables were transformed into distinct factors using factor analysis. We found low SES communities were associated with higher CA-CDI incidence.