abstract: 'Objective. To examine the relationship between social capital and

  preventable hospitalizations (PHs).

  Data Sources. Administrative and secondary data for Florida (hospital

  discharge, U.S. Census, voting, nonprofits, faith-based congregations,

  uninsured, safety net and primary care providers, and hospital beds).

  Study Design. Cross-sectional, zip code-level multivariate analyses to

  examine the associations among social capital, primary care resources,

  and adult PHs and pediatric asthma hospitalizations.

  Data Extraction. Data were merged at the zip code-level (n=837).

  Principal Findings. Few of the social capital measures were

  independently associated with PHs: longer mean commute times (reduced

  bonding social capital) were related to higher adult rates; more racial

  and ethnic diversity (increased bridging social capital) was related to

  lower nonelderly adult rates but higher pediatric rates; more

  faith-based organizations (linking social capital) were associated with

  higher nonelderly adult rates. Having a safety net clinic within 20

  miles was associated with lower adult rates, while general internists

  were associated with higher rates. More pediatricians per capita were

  related to higher pediatric rates.

  Conclusions. The importance of social capital for health care access is

  unclear. Some bonding and bridging ties were related to PHs, but

  differentially across age groups; more work is needed to operationalize

  linking ties.'
affiliation: 'Derose, KP (Corresponding Author), RAND Corp, 1776 Main St,POB 2138,
  Santa Monica, CA 90407 USA.

  RAND Corp, Santa Monica, CA 90407 USA.'
author: Derose, Kathryn Pitkin
author-email: derose@rand.org
author_list:
- family: Derose
  given: Kathryn Pitkin
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00856.x
files: []
issn: 0017-9124
journal: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
keywords: 'social capital; access to care; primary care; race and ethnicity; social

  environment'
keywords-plus: 'AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN PARTICIPATION; HEALTH-SERVICE USE;

  SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS; MENTAL-HEALTH; AVOIDABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS;

  RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION; INCOME INEQUALITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS;

  INFANT-MORTALITY; UNITED-STATES'
language: English
month: OCT
number: 5, 1
number-of-cited-references: '63'
pages: 1520-1541
papis_id: 313d27bc5bdfb482136aacf09358a6ea
ref: Derose2008dobonding
researcherid-numbers: Dalla Zuanna, Teresa/G-3133-2015
times-cited: '22'
title: Do bonding, bridging, and linking social capital affect preventable hospitalizations?
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000259343800005
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '26'
volume: '43'
web-of-science-categories: Health Care Sciences \& Services; Health Policy \& Services
year: '2008'