Impact of social determinants of health on rehabilitation service use and outcomes in adults in the USA: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Many Americans fail to receive equitable access to or positive outcomes from rehabilitation services. These disparities result from broader societal inequities that disproportionately affect certain groups of people due to non-medical factors such as race, gender, education and living status. This scoping review aims to describe research papers that examine social determinants of health (SDOH) that underlie disparities in access to, use of, or outcomes related to rehabilitation (in occupational therapy, physical therapy, recreational therapy, rehabilitation medicine/physiatry and speech-language pathology) among adults in the USA. Identifying SDOH-related factors that drive inequities in rehabilitation will inform the development of potential solutions to improve acces

SUBMITTER: Wickstrom J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11603824 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature