Hill January 21, 2020
Policies, whether they are federal, local, state, administrative, or at an individual institution’s level, sometimes fail to address the deeper issues that created the problem or ignore the issues that may arise as a result.
Social problems and social determinants of health affecting everyone, from youth to elders, can’t be addressed with a simple checkbox system or a straightforward policy.
Conditions that affect health and access to health care include factors such as housing, nutrition, and transportation.
For example, I know from working with patients with disabilities as a pediatric rehabilitation physician, that many factors contribute to whether a patient will make an appointment.
Families with young children are often balancing childcare, work schedules, school drop-offs,...
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