Socioeconomic background affects mortality in Danish children with severe chronic disease.

Andreas Jensen Gorm Greisen Lone Graff Stensballe

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2022)

In the high-income setting of Denmark, ethnicity and differences in socioeconomic background were associated with child mortality even among children with severe chronic disease. The pattern was more pronounced in paediatric cancer patients.

Keyphrases

young adults
cardiovascular events
mental health
early onset
intensive care unit
emergency department
risk factors
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease
drug induced