Moving from scores to solutions: Lessons learned from the social vulnerability index and disparities in surgical outcomes

Social vulnerability index (SVI) is a composite measure of 16 census tract-level variables from the American Community Survey that are categorized into four domains: socioeconomic status, household composition, language and minority status, and housing and transportation.1 SVI was developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2011 for resource allocation in response to natural or human disasters.2 The vulnerability of a neighborhood is scored on a scale that ranges from 0 to 100, representing low to high vulnerability.
Source: American Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Invited Commentary Source Type: research