In recent years, health care policy makers have focused increasingly on addressing social
drivers of health as a strategy for improving health and health equity. Impacts of social …

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 …

In recent years, there has been remarkable growth in support for integrating social and
medical care in the United States. Integration is primarily understood as screening in the …

Population health follows a social gradient. People who are economically and/or socially
better off have better health outcomes. Social determinants of health (“social determinants”) …

This review is intended to help inform users of the Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator for
Partnerships to Address the Social Determinants of Health, published by the Commonwealth …

A large and compelling body of evidence suggests that social circumstances—including
income, education, food, housing, neighborhood conditions, and social connections …

Background A growing body of evidence indicates that medical care is not the only factor
that drives health outcomes; a person's economic circumstances, education level, family life …

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

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 …

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 …