In this issue of Surgical Clinics, guest editors Drs. Tracey Dechert and Sheina Theodore bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Social Determinants of Health, Health Disparities, and Surgical Equity. Top experts explore the various social, economic, and environmental factors that influence individual and population health outcomes and the disparities that arise from these factors. This timely issue underscores the importance of a multidisciplinary approach and community engagement in achieving surgical equity and making significant strides toward ensuring that all patients receive the highest standard of care.
1. Surgical Clinics: Introduction to Concepts of Social Determinants in Surgery - p. 321 2. History of Surgical Disparities - p. 333 3. Intersection of Disparities and Social Determinants of Health - p. 351 4. Factors that Play a Role in Surgical Disparities - p. 363 5. Prehospital Surgical Disparities - p. 377 6. Inhospital Surgical Disparities - p. 391 7. Post Hospital Surgical Disparities - p. 403 8. Stepwise Solutions-Patients Social Determinants of Health, Health Disparities, and Surgical Equity - p. 411 9. Stepwise Solutions for Providers - p. 431 10. Stepwise Solutions—Hospitals - p. 441 11. Stepwise Solutions—Society - p. 455
In this issue of Surgical Clinics, guest editors Drs. Tracey Dechert and Sheina Theodore bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Social Determinants of Health, Health Disparities, and Surgical Equity. Top experts explore the various social, economic, and environmental factors that influence individual and population health outcomes and the disparities that arise from these factors. This timely issue underscores the importance of a multidisciplinary approach and community engagement in achieving surgical equity and making significant strides toward ensuring that all patients receive the highest standard of care.
1. Surgical Clinics: Introduction to Concepts of Social Determinants in Surgery - p. 321 2. History of Surgical Disparities - p. 333 3. Intersection of Disparities and Social Determinants of Health - p. 351 4. Factors that Play a Role in Surgical Disparities - p. 363 5. Prehospital Surgical Disparities - p. 377 6. Inhospital Surgical Disparities - p. 391 7. Post Hospital Surgical Disparities - p. 403 8. Stepwise Solutions-Patients Social Determinants of Health, Health Disparities, and Surgical Equity - p. 411 9. Stepwise Solutions for Providers - p. 431 10. Stepwise Solutions—Hospitals - p. 441 11. Stepwise Solutions—Society - p. 455
