Association of Food Insecurity and Acute Health Care Utilization in Children With End-stage Kidney Disease

Michelle C Starr; Aaron Wightman; Raj Munshi; Ang Li; Sangeeta Hingorani

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.3086

Association of Food Insecurity and Acute Health Care Utilization in Children With End-stage Kidney Disease

JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Nov 1;173(11):1097-1099. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.3086.

Authors

Michelle C Starr^{1

2

3}, Aaron Wightman^{2

3}, Raj Munshi^{2

3}, Ang Li⁴, Sangeeta Hingorani^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University, Indianapolis.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington.
³ University of Washington, Seattle.
⁴ Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle.

Abstract

This study assesses food insecurity and acute health care utilization among pediatric patients with end-stage kidney disease undergoing peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis.