Abstract Purpose of Review This report aims to provide a framework for cancer rehabilitation
professionals to assess social determinants of health in individuals with cancer and discuss …

Social determinants of health (SDOH) defined broadly are the nonclinical factors that impact
a person's health. More specifically, SDOH are often defined as the various facets of an …

Background Access to high-quality cancer care is affected by environmental exposures and
structural inequities. This study sought to investigate the association between the …

Background Recent research has raised concern that health care segregation, the high
concentration of racial groups within a subset of hospitals, is a key contributor to persistent …

Background Textbook outcome (TO) is a composite measure used in surgery to evaluate
post operative outcomes. No review has synthesised the evidence in relation to TO …

Background Operative management of patients with malignant bowel obstruction (MBO)
may provide effective palliation, but is associated with substantial risks. This study aimed to …

Background Upward economic mobility represents the ability of children to surpass their
parents financially and improve their economic status. The extent to which it contributes to …

Background This study sought to quantify the direct and indirect effects of race on
postoperative outcomes after complex surgery. Methods Medicare patients who underwent …

The US spends 2 to 3 times as much per capita on health care as other high-income nations.
Yet despite that outspending, Americans, on average, have poorer outcomes. The key part …

Concern with variation in surgical outcomes across hospitals and pro-viders is arguably as
old as the practice of surgery itself. Perhaps one of the first rigorous studies of variation in …