Cross-sectional study reveals the relationship between child opportunity index and health-related social needs in pediatric patients, indicating limitations in using COI as a proxy.
Key Points
The study found that increased child opportunity index scores correlate with lower health related social needs.
Multivariate logistic regression showed significantly higher odds of health related social needs in low opportunity areas with COI 3.0.
Approximately 90% of children in the sample lived in low child opportunity index areas, highlighting a substantial risk presence.
Improvements from COI 2.0 to COI 3.0 suggest that continuous updates to indices are crucial for accuracy.