SEATTLE — Social determinants of health, nonmedical factors that can have a significant influence on health and lead to various disparities in a variety of ways, affect the well-being of patients ...

As awareness about social determinants of health (SDOH) grows in medicine, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) have teamed up to develop new data elements and ...

Asian American adults with more unfavorable factors related to income level, education, housing, access to health care and other social variables had a greater likelihood of having risk factors for ...

Social determinants of health significantly influence health care costs across Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance programs. Educational attainment and social isolation notably affect Medicaid ...

In the complex health care landscape, employers must understand how geographical factors and social determinants of health influence health outcomes and costs associated with employee populations.

Wanda Phipatanakul, MD, MS, professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and director of the Clinical Research Center at Boston Children's Hospital, discusses some of the most significant health ...

Decode Colorado, digs into the healthcare landscape in Colorado. When you consider how, when, and why you get sick or deal with certain health conditions, are factors like race, socioeconomic status, ...

The utility of social determinants of health (SDoH) as a clinical tool is well-established. Integrating SDoH into patient care allows healthcare providers to develop more comprehensive and effective ...