Table 1.

Selected examples of area-level measures and associated inequities.

Unit	Area-level measure	Example inequities	References
Census tract	Area deprivation index	Survival after Covid-19	(23)
Variable, depending on country	European Deprivation Index	Increased risk of death after kidney transplantation	(16)
Zip code	Social deprivation	Waitlisting and transplant rates for pediatric liver patients	(24)
County	Rurality	Waitlisting for kidney, liver, heart transplant	(25)
		Kidney transplant rates	(26)
Donor Service Area	Market competition/Herfindahl Hirschman Index	Use of marginal kidneys, survival after transplantation	(27)
State	Medicaid expansion	Waitlist rates for racial and ethnic minorities	(28)