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Inequalities in care and the burden of wheeze and asthma in young children from diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds
  1. Björn Nordlund1,2
  1. 1Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
  2. 2Lung and Allergy Department for Children, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
  1. Correspondence to Dr Björn Nordlund, Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; bjorn.nordlund{at}ki.se

https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2024-222111

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    Worldwide inequalities in care significantly impact respiratory health outcomes.1 2 Despite this, there are few studies examining how wheeze and asthma outcomes, including healthcare use and treatment decisions, vary with socioeconomic status and ethnicity in young children.

    Therefore, it is highly relevant to acknowledge the paper by D Lo et al, ‘Association between socioeconomic deprivation, ethnicity, and health outcomes in preschool children with recurrent wheeze in England: a retrospective cohort study’. Healthcare data from almost 200 000 young children with documented wheeze and asthma based on diagnostic codes or prescriptions for asthma medication(s) were assessed. The authors present insights that children from the most deprived socioeconomic backgrounds and those with origins in South Asia and Africa used more acute healthcare services for wheeze and asthma exacerbations at both primary and secondary care levels. Children from more deprived socioeconomic backgrounds had a 20% higher …

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    • Contributors On behalf of Mark Griffiths, editor Christer Janson invited BN to write an editorial. BN conceptualised and approved the text as submitted and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. AI was used to check grammar.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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