Researchers evaluated how different social determinants of health dimensions affect cardiovascular disease risk factors among diverse Black adults.

Money and love are the primary social determinants of health, according to our newly published research. Although not the focus of our healthcare system, they may play an important role in our health.

The new battlefront over health programs for the poor is taking place over what has historically been a progressive concept: social determinants of health. The idea that social and environmental ...

The social determinants of health have a disproportionate impact on individual and population health. As common sense would suggest, safe neighborhoods, nutritious diets, adequate housing and higher ...

The coronavirus pandemic afflicted the US healthcare industry at a time when it was already experiencing rising rates of chronic disease, doctor burnout, and staff shortages—but it especially took a ...

Our health system is transforming, moving from a fee-for-service model to a value-based, coordinated care delivery system. As this effort continues to gain momentum, providers are starting to take a ...

Every once in a while people start thinking the same thoughts at the same time in a way that changes how we do science. Such confluence often serves to reconfigure how we interpret and what we infer ...

While resources and strategies to combat social determinants of health do exist, effectively leveraging them requires a coordinated approach involving supportive policies, technical assistance, ...

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Up to 80% of health outcomes are influenced by factors beyond clinical care such as economic wellbeing, housing, food insecurity, and other community and social factors.1 These social drivers can ...

A watershed change in healthcare documentation occurred on January 1, 2021. For the first time in 24 years, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS) created the opportunity to recognize ...

Discussions of social determinants of health might focus on the obvious ones—like income or education—while overlooking some other social determinants that impact health in complex ways. In recent ...