Matthew S. Pantell

Aug 17, 2023 | acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | William Daniel Soulsby |Erica Lawson |Megumi J. Okumura |Matthew S. Pantell

Objective Health disparities in adult lupus, including higher disease severity and activity among those in poverty, have been identified. Similar associations in pediatric lupus have not been clearly established. This study was undertaken to investigate the relationship of income level and other socioeconomic factors with length of stay (LOS) in the hospital and severe lupus features using the 2016 Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID).