Social vulnerability and fragmentation of postoperative surgical care among patients undergoing hepatopancreatic surgery

Regionalization of hepatopancreatic surgery to high-volume hospitals has been associated with fragmentation of postoperative care and, in turn, inferior outcomes after surgery. The objective of this study was to examine the association of social vulnerability with the likelihood of experiencing fragmentation of postoperative care (FPC) after hepatopancreatic surgery.Patients who underwent hepatopancreatic surgery and had at least 1 readmission...