BACKGROUND: Housing and income are important social determinants of health (SDoH). Primary care providers often do not have information about these determinants, which could be used to support equitable health system planning and care delivery. The a...
There is limited evidence on how social determinants of health (SDOH) and physical frailty (PF) influence mortality prediction in heart failure (HF), particularly for in-hospital, 90-day, and 1-year outcomes. This study aims to develop explainable ma...
Understanding the role of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) in pregnancy outcomes is critical for improving maternal and infant health yet extracting SDoH from unstructured electronic health records remains challenging. We trained and evaluated na...
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the 2nd leading cause of cancer death in the United States (US). Rural Appalachia suffers the highest CRC incidence and mortality rates. There are several non-clinical health-related social determinant factors (SDOH) associ...
BACKGROUND: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prevents HIV transmission but has low uptake among women. Identifying women who could benefit from PrEP remains a challenge. This study developed a women-specific model to...
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Lower extremity amputations (LEAs) are among the most severe complications of diabetes, with approximately 1.5 million procedures performed globally each year. This review explores the impact of social and structural determinants o...
Journal of health, population, and nutrition
Jun 4, 2025
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) syndrome is a systemic disease characterized by pathophysiological interactions between the cardiovascular system, chronic kidney disease, and metabolic risk factors. In China, the prevalence of CKM i...
BACKGROUND: Health disparities persist and are influenced by digital transformation. Although digital tools offer opportunities, they can also exacerbate existing inequalities, a problem amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the related infodemic. H...
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Mar 20, 2025
OBJECTIVE: To identify self-reported social determinants of health (SDOH) among hospitalized patients that predict discharge to a skilled nursing facility (SNF).
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Mar 6, 2025
Disparities in access to the organ transplant waitlist are well-documented, but research into modifiable factors has been limited due to a lack of access to organized prewaitlisting data. This study aimed to develop a natural language processing (NLP...
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