Social Determinants of Health and Surgical Desirability of Outcome Ranking in Older Veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Evaluating how social determinants of health (SDOH) influence veteran outcomes is crucial, particularly for quality improvement.

Objective

To measure associations between SDOH, care fragmentation, and surgical outcomes using a Desirability of Outcome Ranking (DOOR).

Design, setting, and participants

This was a cohort study of US veterans using data from the Veterans Affairs (VA) Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP; 2013-2019) limited to patients aged 65 years or older with inpatient stays between 2 and 30 days, merged with multiple data sources, including Medicare. Race and ethnicity data were retrieved from VASQIP, Medicare and Medicaid beneficiary summary files, the Veterans Health Administration Corporate Data Warehouse, and the United States Ve

SUBMITTER: Jacobs MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11292565 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature