Medical Economics December 16, 2021
Identifying and assisting patients with social determinants is challenging, but can boost outcomes
Social determinants of health are a difficult challenge for primary care physicians. If ignored, they can completely negate a course of care and patient conditions are less likely to improve. But most primary care doctors are already overburdened and don’t have the staff or monetary resources to help patients resolve their social issues in order to improve their health.
Medical Economics spoke with Michael Dulin, MD, a professor of health sciences at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and the chief medical officer of Gray Matter Analytics, about what physicians can do to help their patients with social determinants.
(Responses have been edited for brevity and clarity)
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