SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN OUTPATIENTS UNDER FIVE IN A PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL OF COLOMBIA
Author(s)
Moreno Ruiz DV1, Picon M2, Marrugo Arnedo C3, Alvis Guzman N4
1Universidad de Cartagena, Centro de Investigación y Docencia, Hospital Infantil Napoleón Franco Pareja, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 2University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA, 3Universidad de Cartagena. Centro de Investigación y Docencia. Hospital Infantil Napoleón Franco Pareja, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 4Grupo de investigación en economía de la salud - GIES, Cartagena, Colombia
OBJECTIVES: The nutritional status in early life is crucial to the future results of education, income and health. This relationship has been extensively studied by researchers who have associated nutritional indicators (health) with socioeconomic variables. The aim of this study was to determine social and economic factors of the nutritional status in children under five years. METHODS: A cross-sectional study with a sample of 600 children from lower socioeconomic strata (1 and 2) was conducted. These patients were attended at the Children's Hospital Napoleón Franco Pareja (HINFP) located in Cartagena Colombia. Data were extracted from a standardized survey and interview applied to caregivers. Two econometric models were estimated using Generalized Threshold. The dependent variables were defined as height for age and weight for height
Conference/Value in Health Info
2016-05, ISPOR 2016, Washington DC, USA
Value in Health, Vol. 19, No. 3 (May 2016)
Code
PIH49
Topic
Health Service Delivery & Process of Care
Topic Subcategory
Health Care Research
Disease
Pediatrics