Program Area: Social Research, Policy, and Practice
Justin Lord, PhD, CMA, FHFMA
Assistant Professor
Health Administration
Louisiana State University at Shreveport
Bossier City, Louisiana, United States
Robert Weech-Maldonado, PhD
Professor
Health Services Administration
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Ganisher Davlyatov, PhD
Assistant Professor
Health Administration and Public Policy
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Akbar Ghiasi, PhD
Assistant professor
Healthcare Administration
University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, Texas, United States
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Gregory Orewa, MBA, MAcc, LNHA
PhD Candidate
Health Services Administration
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Addressing health disparities and equity in nursing homes is a pressing issue. In the 2022 State of the Union, President Biden made a call for increased nursing home regulation and staffing to address these issues. Access and health inequities vary along social and economic gradients. Looking at the social determinants of health is one avenue to address systemic inequities in the delivery of nursing home care. While there are various tools used to assess the social determinants of health, this symposium will focus on the Social Deprivation Index (SDI) that conceptualizes the communities’ level of munificence. The Social Deprivation Index (SDI) was created a decade ago and it quantifies the levels of disadvantage across counties and census tracks. The SDI is a composite measure of seven demographic characteristics collected in the American Community Survey (ACS): percent living in poverty, percent with less than 12 years of education, percent single parent household, percent living in rented housing unit, percent living in overcrowded housing unit, percent of households without a car, and percent non-employed adults under 65 years of age. Using this index, we can explore how nursing home performance can be influenced by the resources available in the community. This index is used to quantify the socio-economic variation in health outcomes. This symposium will explore SDI as it relates to COVID-19 incidence rates in nursing homes; nursing homes’ Five Star Quality Ratings; and nursing homes structure, processes, and quality of care.
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Ganisher Davlyatov, PhD – University of Oklahoma
Co-author: Ganisher Davlyatov, PhD – University of Oklahoma
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Akbar Ghiasi, PhD – University of the Incarnate Word
Co-author: Ganisher Davlyatov, PhD – University of Oklahoma
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Gregory N. Orewa, MBA, MAcc, LNHA – University of Alabama at Birmingham
Co-author: Robert Weech-Maldonado, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham