Association between Socioeconomic Status and Incidence of Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infection - United States, 2014-2015.

Kimberly A Skrobarcek,Lisa Winston,James Meek,Scott Fridkin,Elizabeth Basiliere,Erin C Phipps,Jennifer Ahern,Valerie L S Ocampo,Marion A Kainer,Stacy M Holzbauer,Helen Johnston,Geoffrey Brousseau,Alice Guh,Ghinwa Dumyati,Erin Parker,Rebecca Perlmutter,Zintars G Beldavs,Yi Mu

doi:10.1093/cid/ciab042

Association between Socioeconomic Status and Incidence of Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infection - United States, 2014-2015.

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Journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases	Publication Date: Jan 19, 2021
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Affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Francisco General Hospital, Emory University, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, University of New Mexico, University of California, Berkeley, Oregon Health Authority, Tennessee Department of Health, Minnesota Department of Health, University of Rochester, Maryland Department of Health

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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.

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