Background In an effort to improve perioperative and oncologic outcomes, there have been
multiple quality improvement initiatives, including regionalization of high-risk procedures …

Background We sought to define the impact of high-versus low-quality hospitals on the risk
of adverse outcomes among patients undergoing hepatopancreatic surgery relative to social …

Background Previous studies have largely examined social determinants of health relative
to individual surgery quality metrics. We sought to characterize possible differences in …

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 …

Objective: The objective of the current study was to characterize the role of patient social
vulnerability relative to hospital racial/ethnic integration on postoperative outcomes among …

Objective: We sought to characterize the association between patient county-level
vulnerability with postoperative outcomes. Summary Background Data: Although the impact …

Abstract Background The Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) is a composite scale formulated by
the Centers for Disease Control and is geocoded as a percentile ranking at the census tract …

Background The association of different social vulnerability subthemes (ie, socioeconomic
status, household composition and disability, minority status and language, and housing …

Objective The purpose of this study was to determine if an association between Social
Vulnerability Index (SVI) and risk-adjusted complications exists in a broad spectrum of …

Methods The California Office of Statewide Health Planning database was used to identify
patients who underwent pancreatectomy (PD), esophagectomy (ES), proctectomy (PR), or …