High Prevalence of Adverse Social Determinants of Health in Dialysis Access Creation Patients in a Safety-Net Setting

Patients receiving dialysis access surgery are often exposed to adverse social determinants of health (SDH) that negatively impact their care. Our goal was to characterize these factors experienced by our arteriovenous dialysis access patients and identify differences in health outcomes based on their SDH.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - December 16, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Max Zhu, Nkiruka Arinze, Pablo Buitron de la Vega, Andrea Alonso, Scott Levin, Alik Farber, Elizabeth King, Anna Kobzeva-Herzog, Vipul C. Chitalia, Jeffrey J. Siracuse Tags: Clinical Research Source Type: research