Measuring health disparities using a continuous social risk factor.
Jeph HerrinAndrea BarthelDemetri GoutosChengan DuSheng ZhouAlon PeltzJames PoyerZhenqiu LinSusannah BernheimPublished in: Health services research (2022)
We have demonstrated the feasibility and utility of estimating hospital disparities of care using a continuous, polysocial risk factor. This approach expands the potential for reporting hospital-level disparities while better accounting for the multifactorial nature of social risk on hospital outcomes.