Social vulnerability and surgery outcomes: a cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-operative complications present a challenge to the healthcare system due to the high unpredictability of their incidence. Socioeconomic conditions have been established as social determinants of health. However, their contribution relating to postoperative complications is still unclear as it can be heterogeneous based on community, type of surgical services, and sex and gender. Uncovering these relations can enable improved public health policy to reduce such complications.

Methods

In this study, we conducted a large population cross-sectional analysis of social vulnerability and the odds of various post-surgical complications. We collected electronic health records data from over 50,000 surgeries that happened between 2012 and 2018 at a quaternary health ce

SUBMITTER: Abdelhack M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11253435 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature