Evidence & Resource Library

Adverse social determinants of health, such as unequal access to health care, lack of educational opportunities, and food insecurity are noted for shaping health disparities across race, ethnicity, and geographic context.

Objective: Assess changes in Medicaid expenditures and utilization associated with receiving PSH. Design: Cohort study using a difference-in-differences approach.

The past 10 years have seen major growth in the field of complex care—a field that aims to better coordinate care and improve outcomes for individuals with complex health and social needs.

In 1999, Walter Leutz wrote a seminal article in The Milbank Quarterly on the need for and ways to better integrate medical and social services. He formulated five laws and offered three sets of lessons and recommendations.

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between use of primary care-based social needs services and subsequent utilization of ambulatory, emergency, and inpatient services.

Transgender patients are at elevated risk of intimate partner violence (IPV), but national guidelines do not recommend routine screening for this population.

Food insecurity — the limited or uncertain access to enough food — is a critical child health issue that impacts millions of infants, children,

The impact of social and behavioral factors on health outcomes are well defined in the field of public health. Additionally, characteristics such as race, ethnicity, and language have been proven to affect an individual's capacity to address health care needs.

As health care systems and payers are increasingly focused on the social needs of patients, there has been an emphasis on screening in the health care setting as a way to understand the support families require.