Fierce Healthcare 8/16/2021

There’s no question that socioeconomic factors such as access to food, shelter and transportation, social determinants of health (SDoH), have a huge impact on patients’ wellbeing. They are responsible for up to 80 percent of a person’s health. These factors greatly influence health:

Economic Stability

• Employment
• Food insecurity
• Housing instability
• Poverty

Education

• Early childhood education and development
• Enrollment in higher education
• High school graduation
• Language and literacy

Social and Community Context

• Civic participation
• Discrimination
• Incarceration
• Social cohesion

Health and Health Care

• Access to healthcare
• Health literacy

Neighborhood and Built Environment

• Access to healthy food options
• Crime and violence
• Environmental conditions
• Housing quality

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