HealthLeaders Media November 18, 2022
Housing and food security programs led the way for spending on social determinants of health (SDOH) by payers between 2017 and 2021.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– A study of social spending by major insurers found that payers invested less than one percent of their net income on SDOH in 2021.
– SDOH investments spiked in 2020, when insurers spent 1.6% on their net income due to circumstances around the COVID-19 pandemic.
– The areas that saw the most investment were housing ($1.2 billion) and food security ($238 million) programs, while transportation ($13.4 million) received the least attention.
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