Socioeconomic Status and Kawasaki Disease Outcomes in a Single-Payer Health Care System

Background: For patients with Kawasaki disease (KD), lower socioeconomic status (SES) may adversely affect the timeliness of presentation and initiation of intravenous immune globulin, and coronary artery outcomes. Multipayer systems have been shown to affect health care equity and access to health...

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Main Authors: Jonathan P. Wong, MD, Kyle Runeckles, MSc, Cedric Manlhiot, PhD, Sunita O’Shea, MA, Tanveer Collins, MD, Bailey Bernknopf, MASc, Pedrom Farid, BMSc, Nita Chahal, PhD, NP Peds, Brian W. McCrindle, MD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:CJC Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772812922001129