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Integrating social and medical care: could it worsen health and increase inequity?

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Gottlieb, Laura M., Alderwick, Hugh·2019·The Annals of Family Medicine

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As a result of a large and compelling body of evidence documenting the impacts of social determinants, such as income and education, on health outcomes, health care systems are beginning to incorporate social and economic risk data into health care delivery decisions. But there is a risk that some of these efforts could worsen health and widen health inequities. We highlight 3 examples- including recent policy changes in Medicaid, social needs, informed risk prediction models, and advances in precision medicine-where the inclusion of social risk information threatens to reduce care quality or health care access for some groups of patients. A new dialog is needed about both the opportunities and potential consequences of bringing information about patients' social circumstances into a market-based health care system.

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Authors
Gottlieb, L. M., & Alderwick, H.
Affiliations
University of California, San Francisco (US)
Venue
The Annals of Family Medicine
Published
2019-01
Volume
17
Issue
1
Pages
77-81
ISSN
  • 1544-1709 (ISSN-L)
  • 1544-1717
OpenAlex
W2912880377
Cited by
40
References
49
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 6
FWCI
6.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • The Annals of Family Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Health › Public Health and Social Inequalities
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Healthcare Policy and Management
Keywords
social determinants of health, health disparities, Medicaid policy, social needs assessment, risk prediction model, precision medicine, health care access, quality of care, market-based health care, education and income
MeSH terms
Delivery of Health Care, Health Policy, Humans, Social Work, Delivery of Health Care, Integrated, Health Status Disparities, Social Determinants of Health

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