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Equitable Access to Liver Transplant: Bridging the Gaps in the Social Determinants of Health
Author(s) -
Rosenblatt Russell,
Lee Hannah,
Liapakis AnnMarie,
Lunsford Keri E.,
Scott Andrew,
Sharma Pratima,
Wilder Julius
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.488
H-Index - 361
eISSN - 1527-3350
pISSN - 0270-9139
DOI - 10.1002/hep.31986
Subject(s) - outreach , social determinants of health , disadvantage , racism , health equity , social justice , liver transplantation , political science , pandemic , health care , public relations , medicine , sociology , transplantation , covid-19 , criminology , pathology , law , surgery , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The COVID‐19 pandemic and social justice movement have highlighted the impact of social determinants of health (SDOH) and structural racism in the United States on both access to care and patient outcomes. With the evaluation for liver transplantation being a highly subjective process, there are multiple ways for SDOH to place vulnerable patients at a disadvantage. This policy corner focuses on three different methods to reverse the deleterious effects of SDOH—identify and reduce implicit bias, expand and optimize telemedicine, and improve community outreach.