Patient Engagement February 6, 2024
The housing instability program reduced primary care visits by 2.5 visits and outpatient visits by 3.6.
A community health worker-led program to address housing instability was effective at reducing primary care and outpatient care overutilization, proving that addressing the social determinant of health can pay off in clinical quality outcomes, according to a new study in Health Affairs.
The report, completed by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, outlined the success of a program that connected housing unstable patients with community health workers to address key patient needs. CHW job functions ranged from helping individuals fill out housing applications to helping them obtain reasonable housing accommodations.
Still, the program showed a glaring blind spot in the nation’s overall...
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