Child Opportunity Index: Does It Foretell Future Glycemic Control and Health Care Utilization in Youth With Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes?

This article reports on a retrospective study examining associations between neighborhood opportunity and glycemic trajectory and health care utilization among youth with diabetes using current Child Opportunity Index (COI) data linked to ZIP codes. The study found that glycemic control and health care utilization were worse in the setting of adverse COI and individual social determinants of health, but both were also independently associated with race.