GYNECOLOGY: ETHICS, MEDICOLEGAL ISSUES, AND PUBLIC POLICYPilot Implementation of a Health Equity Checklist to Improve the Identification of Equity-Related Adverse EventsFan, Linda L.; Sheth, Sangini S.; Pettker, Christian M. Author Information Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey 78(1):p 29-30, January 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000912592.42410.a6 Buy Metrics Abstract (Abstracted from Obstet Gynecol 2022;140:667–673) In assessing the occurrence of an unexpected medical adverse event following pharmaceutical, medical, or surgical treatment, the causal or contributory roles played by bias, systemic racism, and social determinants of health should be investigated. Up to 80% of clinical outcomes are estimated to be driven by social determinants including the environments in which patients live, work, learn, worship, and play. Copyright © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
