Social Vulnerability Subtheme Analysis Improves Perioperative Risk Stratification in Hepatopancreatic Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been increased interest in understanding how social determinants of health (SDH) may affect care both in the medical and surgical setting. We sought to define the impact of various aspects of social vulnerability on the ability of patients to achieve a "textbook outcome" (TO) following hepatopancreatic surgery.

Methods

Medicare beneficiaries who underwent hepatopancreatic resection between 2013 and 2017 were identified using the Medicare database. Social vulnerability was defined using the Centers for Disease Control Social Vulnerability Index (SVI), which is comprised of four subthemes: socioeconomic (SE), household composition and disability (HCD), minority status and language (MSL), and housing type and transportation (HTT). TO was defined as the comp

SUBMITTER: Labiner HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8754363 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature