Citation

Tumin D. J. Surg. Res. 2022; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jss.2022.04.076

PMID

35691716

Abstract

A growing literature has called attention to social disparities in outcomes of injury, with low socioeconomic status (SES) found to predict poorer recovery and an increased risk of complications. Whereas past research has focused on analyzing how objective SES (oSES) measures were associated with injury outcomes, El Moheb et al. present novel data on the correlation between perceived SES (pSES) and a range of recovery measures in a cohort of patients treated for injury within the previous 6-12 mo.

Key findings from their study include a weak correlation between oSES and pSES in their cohort and evidently stronger correlation of injury outcomes with pSES than with oSES. Although the measurement of pSES in this study is an important contribution to characterizing disparities in injury outcomes, an enhanced measurement of oSES remains a more urgent direction for better understanding of the origin of these disparities.

Language: en