Reexamining Social Determinants of Health Data Collection in the COVID-19 Era

Samyukta Mullangi; Emeline M Aviki; Dawn L Hershman

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.4543

Reexamining Social Determinants of Health Data Collection in the COVID-19 Era

JAMA Oncol. 2022 Dec 1;8(12):1736-1738. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.4543.

Authors

Samyukta Mullangi¹, Emeline M Aviki², Dawn L Hershman³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
² Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
³ Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York.

PMID: 36301554
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.4543

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint describes the association of various factors, including demographic factors, disease-related factors, and social determinants of health, with cancer treatment delays among a cohort of patients across multiple sites who had all tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 Testing
COVID-19*
Data Collection
Humans
SARS-CoV-2
Social Determinants of Health