A Semantic Approach to Describe Social and Economic Characteristics That Impact Health Outcomes (Social Determinants of Health): Ontology Development Study

Daniela Dally   ^{1 *} , BS, MS ;   Muhammad Amith   ^{2, 3 *} , PhD ;   Rebecca L Mauldin   ⁴ , LMSW, PhD ;   Latisha Thomas   ⁴ , MSW ;   Yifang Dang   ⁵ , MS ;   Cui Tao   ⁶ , Phd

¹ The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, The Brownsville Region, Brownsville, TX, United States

² Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States

³ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveton, TX, United States

⁴ School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States

⁵ School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States

⁶ Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, United States

*these authors contributed equally