Home Health Care News August 29, 2022
Social determinants of health became a buzz term at some point over the last five years. They were what every health care provider – and home-based care provider, in particular – wanted to fix in seniors.
But during the pandemic, some of those factors worsened seniors. That’s according to a new study from administered by Toluna and sponsored by Alignment Healthcare, the latter of which is a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan.
“There’s lots and lots of data that suggests that social determinants of health have an impact on health care,” Alignment CMO Dr. Dinesh Kumar told Home Health Care News. “What are the biggest obstacles to health care and what are the other things other than great health care that...