There has been an explosion of interest in addressing social needs in health care settings.
Some efforts, such as screening patients for social needs and connecting them to needed …

Spurred by accumulated evidence documenting how social determinants of health shape
health outcomes as well as the push for better value, the healthcare sector is embracing …

Social determinants of health (SDoH) are the conditions in which people live and work that
shape access to essential social and economic resources. Calls for healthcare systems to …

Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the
Nation's Health was released in September 2019, before the World Health Organization …

Context Healthcare systems are experimenting increasingly with interventions to address
patients' social and economic needs. This systematic review examines how often and how …

Until recently, efforts to improve the health of Americans have focused on expanding access
to quality medical care. Yet there is a growing recognition that medical care alone cannot …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A growing literature regarding the health consequences of social
risks, such as substandard housing and food insecurity, combined with increased adoption …

Many health care providers and systems are developing and implementing processes to
screen patients for social determinants of health and to refer patients to appropriate …

We summarized the recently published, peer-reviewed literature that examined the impact of
investments in social services or investments in integrated models of health care and social …

There is growing interest in the role of healthcare systems in addressing patients' social
needs. This is no surprise; evidence on the impact of social factors on population health is …