Urban health and inequalities in highly socially marginalised settings in Rome

• DOI: 10.19191/ep20.5-6.s1.p038.072
• Publication Date: 2020-09-01
• Authors: L Paglione; Anna Maria Bargagli; Nera Agabiti; Enrico Calandrini; Livia Maria Salva...; Maurizio Marceca; Giovanni Baglìo; Maria Alessandra ...; Silvia Iorio; Marina Davoli; Laura Cacciani
• Keywords: Disadvantaged; Disadvantage; Social Inequality

Objectives to describe hospitalisation, access emergency care, and mortality of people living in marginalized urban areas which include public housing buildings the North-West suburb Rome, compare results with those observed among neighbouring area. Design cross sectional study. Setting participants resident population XIII XIV Municipality subdivided into five areas, 2011-2018. Main outcome measures rates ratios based on hospital discharges department visits derived from Health Information Systems Mortality Registry Lazio Region (Central Italy), stratified by areas. Results show a higher use assistance care services as well residents characterized marginalization social disadvantage compared surrounding The association is stronger for ex-Bastogi, compound particularly marginalised socially disadvantaged, where excesses admission, +60%, +150%, +140%, respectively, occurred. Conclusions use, visits, suggest need reorganize preventive primary considering socioeconomic such contexts. both qualitative quantitative approaches allows understand complexity