Pediatric Day-of-Surgery Cancellations and the Association With Neighborhood Opportunity and Indices of Vulnerability : Phase II

We plan to prospectively study vulnerability factors that contribute to day of surgery cancellations (DOSC) by conducting a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with families cancelled the day of surgery. We plan to enroll between 20-30 families using convenience sampling. Based on preliminary data, we anticipate that most families will come from minority racial and ethnic groups and parents of non-English primary language (NEPL) - these interviews will be conducted via an interpreter. Interviews will be structured to explore surgical care utilization themes based on the Gelberg-…