AJMC October 19, 2020
Ana Palacio, MD, MPH , Ruaa Mansi, MD, MPH , David Seo, MD , Maritza Suarez, MD , Sylvia Garay, MD , Heidy Medina, MPH , Fei Tang, PhD , Leonardo Tamariz, MD, MPH

Calculating a social score is feasible and it predicts cardiovascular outcomes. In order to do this, institutions have to collect social determinants of health.

ABSTRACT

Objectives: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to disproportionately affect disadvantaged populations, leading to calls to address social determinants of health (SDOH) as a preventive strategy. Our aim is to create a weighed SDOH score and to test the impact of each SDOH factor on the Framingham risk score (FRS) and on individual traditional CVD risk factors.

Study Design: We conducted a retrospective cohort study.

Methods: We included patients seen at a primary care clinic at UHealth/University of Miami Health System who answered a SDOH survey between September 16, 2016, and September 10,...

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Topics: Equity/SDOH, Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Provider
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