Abstract #1510

Impact of socioeconomic status on acuity of brain MRI findings

Ishita Raghuvanshi¹, Benjamin B. Risk², Gelareh Sadigh³, Jason W. Allen⁴, and Candace C. Fleischer^1,5

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States, ²Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, United States, ³Department of Radiological and Imaging Sciences, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, ⁴Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States, ⁵Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Aging, Health Care Economics, Acuity, Socioeconomic status, Healthcare equity

Motivation: Understanding effects of sociodemographic factors on acuity of MRI findings is critical to health equity.

Goal(s): To determine effects of neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES) and distance between home address and imaging center on acuity of brain MRI findings, controlling for demographics and insurance coverage.

Approach: Retrospective brain MRI data from 4825 patients acquired at our tertiary care hospital were utilized in analysis. Regression analysis was used to determine relationships between acuity, nSES, and distance.

Results: Lower nSES was correlated with higher acuity of brain MRI findings; distance between home address and MR imaging location did not affect acuity.

Impact: We observed neighborhood socioeconomic status significantly correlates with acuity of brain MRI findings when adjusting for race, insurance coverage, encounter type, sex, age, and marital status, emphasizing the need for solutions to reduce socioeconomic barriers to receiving MRI scans.

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