Table 2.
Characteristics of peer-reviewed observational studies included in the systematic review
| Citation | Country | Study Level | Study Type | Sample Size | Study Population | Exposure – SES | Outcome – ACSC admissions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numerator | Denominator | Disease Status | Variable | Level of observation | Chronic /Acute Conditions (Number of conditions if provided) | ||||
| Agabiti, N. et al., 2009 [12] | Italy | Local / Regional | Cohort | 9384 admissions | 3,391,127 persons | General | Income | Group |
Chronic Angina Asthma CHF COPD Diabetes Hypertension |
| Asaria, M. et al., 2016 [55] | England | National | Cross-sectional | Missing | 32,482 neighbourhoods | General | Deprivation | Group | Chronic |
| Aube-Maurice, J. et al., 2012 [56] | Canada | State / Provincial | Cohort | 17,688 pts | 5,934,179 persons | Hypertension | Deprivation | Group | Hypertension |
| Bacon, S. et al., 2009 [57] | Canada | Local / Regional | Cross-sectional | Missing | 781 persons | Asthma | Education | Individual | Asthma |
| Banham, D. et al., 2010 [58] | Australia | State / Provincial | Cross-sectional |
54,573 pts. 79,424 admissions |
Missing | General | Deprivation | Group | Acute, chronic, and vaccine-preventable [21] |
| Begley, C. et al., 2009 [59] | USA | Local / Regional | Cross-sectional | Missing | 563 persons | Epilepsy | Income | Individual | Epilepsy |
| Bocour, A. et al., 2016 [60] | USA | Local / Regional | Cross-sectional | Missing | Missing | General | Income | Group |
Angina Asthma CHF COPD Diabetes Hypertension |
| Booth, G. et al., 2003 [61] | Canada | State / Provincial | Cross-sectional |
87,425 pts. 184,646 admissions |
605,825 persons | Diabetes | Income | Group | Diabetes |
| Chen, P-C. et al., 2015 [62] | Taiwan | National | Cohort |
1040 pts. 1298 admissions |
57,791 persons | Diabetes |
Income Education |
Individual Group |
Diabetes |
| Christensen, S. et al., 2011 [63] | Denmark | Local / Regional | Cohort |
1473 pts. 1473 admissions |
18,486 persons | General |
Income Education |
Individual Individual |
CHF |
| Davies, S. et al., 2017 [64] | USA | State / Provincial | Cross-sectional | Missing | 1778 counties | General | Income | Group | Chronic [5] |
| Disano, J. et al., 2010 [65] | Canada | National | Cross-sectional | Missing | 46,173 dissemination areas | General | Deprivation | Group |
Aggregate COPD Diabetes |
| Eisner, M. et al., 2011 [66] | USA | State / Provincial | Cohort | 320 admissions | 1202 persons | COPD |
Income Education |
Individual Individual |
COPD |
| Fleetcroft, R. et al., 2017 [67] | England | National | Cross-sectional | Missing | 32,482 neighbourhoods | General | Deprivation | Group | Diabetes |
| Govan, L. et al., 2012 [68] | Scotland | National | Cohort | 4577 admissions | 23,479 persons | Diabetes | Deprivation | Group | Diabetes |
| Gupta, R. et al., 2018 [69] | England | National | Cross-sectional | 542,877 admissions | Missing | General | Deprivation | Group | Asthma |
| Jackson, R. et al., 2001 [70] | New Zealand | National | Cross-sectional | 63,721 admissions | Missing | General | Deprivation | Group | Acute and Chronic |
| Lemstra, M. et al., 2006 [71] | Canada | Local / Regional | Cross-sectional | Missing | 219,195 persons | General | Income | Group |
COPD Diabetes |
| Li, X. et al., 2008 [72] | Sweden | National | Cohort |
39,509 pts. 39,509 admissions |
Missing | General |
Income Education Occupation |
Individual Individual Individual |
Epilepsy |
| Li, X. et al., 2008 [58] | Sweden | National | Cohort |
25,078 pts. 25,078 admissions |
Missing | General | Education | Individual | Asthma |
| Lofqvist, T. et al., 2014 [14] | Sweden | Local / Regional | Cohort |
18,956 pts. 29,841 admissions |
1,431,338 persons | General | Income | Group | Acute and Chronic [12] |
| Macleod, M. et al., 2002 [73] | Scotland | Local / Regional | Cross-sectional | 3340 admissions | Missing | General | Deprivation | Group | Epilepsy |
| Payne, R. et al., 2013 [15] | Scotland | National | Cohort | 2037 pts | 180,815 persons | General | Deprivation | Group | Acute, Chronic, and Vaccine-preventable [19] |
| Prescott, E. et al., 1999 [74] | Denmark | Local / Regional | Cohort | 484 pts | 14,223 persons | General |
Income Education |
Individual Individual |
COPD |
| Quan, H. et al., 2013 [75] | Canada | State / Provincial | Cohort | Missing | 3,531,089 persons | Hypertension | Income | Group | CHF |
| Roberts, S. et al., 2012 [76] | Wales | National | Cross-sectional |
9986 pts. 12,740 admissions |
3,000,000 | General | Deprivation | Group | Asthma |
| Roos, L. et al., 2005 [16] | Canada | State / Provincial | Cohort | Missing | 794,555 persons | General | Income | Group |
Angina Asthma CHF Epilepsy |
| Shah, R. et al., 2011 [77] | USA | National | Cohort |
663 pts. 663 admissions |
26,160 persons | General |
Income Education |
Individual Individual |
CHF |
| Sheringham, J. et al., 2017 [13] | England | National | Cross-sectional | Missing | 316 local authority areas | General | Deprivation | Group | Chronic |
| Shulman, R. et al., 2018 [78] | Canada | State / Provincial | Cohort | Missing | 8491 persons | Diabetes | Deprivation | Group | Diabetes |
| Walker, R. et al., 2013 [79] | Canada | State / Provincial | Cohort | 2929 pts | 786,529 persons | Hypertension | Income | Group | Hypertension |