Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Collecting and Applying Data on Social Determinants of Health in Health Care Settings

Collecting and Applying Data on Social Determinants of Health in Health Care Settings SPECIAL ARTICLE HEALTH CARE REFORM Collecting and Applying Data on Social Determinants of Health in Health Care Settings Laura Gottlieb, MD; Megan Sandel, MD; Nancy E. Adler, PhD espite strong evidence linking patients’ social circumstances to their health, little guid- ance exists for health care practitioners and institutions on addressing social needs in clinical settings. Current approaches to social determinants generally focus on popu- D lation-level and policy interventions; these overlook individual and clinical innova- tions within health care that can address patients’ social circumstances. This article proposes a frame- work for how social determinants interventions in the health care system can be construed across 3 tiers—patient, institution, and broader population—and describes ways to collect data and tar- get interventions at these levels. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(11):1017-1020. Published online April 29, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.560 Exponential growth in research on social tions and related financial incentives to determinants of health over the past 2 de- keep patients healthy, in addition to the cades has fueled interest in the possibil- 2012 tax code from the Internal Revenue ity that intervening on environmental and Service requiring nonprofit hospitals to re- social exposures could improve health and port regular community needs assess- reduce health http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Internal Medicine American Medical Association

Collecting and Applying Data on Social Determinants of Health in Health Care Settings

Loading next page...
 
/lp/american-medical-association/collecting-and-applying-data-on-social-determinants-of-health-in-W1mHeoU4L7

References (12)

Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright 2013 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
2168-6106
eISSN
2168-6114
DOI
10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.560
pmid
23699778
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

SPECIAL ARTICLE HEALTH CARE REFORM Collecting and Applying Data on Social Determinants of Health in Health Care Settings Laura Gottlieb, MD; Megan Sandel, MD; Nancy E. Adler, PhD espite strong evidence linking patients’ social circumstances to their health, little guid- ance exists for health care practitioners and institutions on addressing social needs in clinical settings. Current approaches to social determinants generally focus on popu- D lation-level and policy interventions; these overlook individual and clinical innova- tions within health care that can address patients’ social circumstances. This article proposes a frame- work for how social determinants interventions in the health care system can be construed across 3 tiers—patient, institution, and broader population—and describes ways to collect data and tar- get interventions at these levels. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(11):1017-1020. Published online April 29, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.560 Exponential growth in research on social tions and related financial incentives to determinants of health over the past 2 de- keep patients healthy, in addition to the cades has fueled interest in the possibil- 2012 tax code from the Internal Revenue ity that intervening on environmental and Service requiring nonprofit hospitals to re- social exposures could improve health and port regular community needs assess- reduce health

Journal

JAMA Internal MedicineAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jun 10, 2013

There are no references for this article.