Medical Economics September 11, 2020
There is a growing recognition in health care that many chronic conditions can be improved by addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) first.
“Social determinants of health are those aspects of how we grow, how we live, how we play and how we worship that affect our overhaul health, in addition to the systems and resources set up to provide that,” says Jeffrey F. Hines, M.D., medical director of diversity, inclusion and health equity for Wellstar Health System in Atlanta.
SDOH encompass critical socioeconomic aspects such as access to food, transportation issues, housing conditions, education, neighborhood and environment conditions, access to health care and ethnicity, Hines explains. Experts recommend that, to better help patients with chronic illness, physicians learn...
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