Social Drivers of Health
Social determinants of health (SDH), social risks, and social needs are increasingly recognized as important components of health, health care, and health outcomes. In this work I use a variety of data sources to evaluate the relationship between these non-medical factors and health and health outcomes.
Publications
Demonstrating the Health Status of Homeless Individuals
This Fact Sheet, produced in collaboration with the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, details the health status of persons …
Joining electronic health records and school boundary data: a proof-of-concept for assessing school’s influence on health
Despite evidence that school-based policies affect children’s health, methodological challenges remain in evaluating the impacts of …
Area-Level Social Determinants of Health and Individual-Level Social Risks: Assessing Predictive Ability and Biases in Social Risk Screening
Introduction. Area-level social determinants of health (SDoH) and individual-level social risks are different, yet area-level measures …
An Increase in the Use of ICD-10 Z-Codes for Social Risks and Social Needs: 2015 to 2019
Attention to 10th Revision of the International Classification of Disease (ICD-10)-CM Z-codes as a mechanism for capturing social risk …
ICD-10 Z-Code Health-Related Social Needs and Increased Healthcare Utilization
Introduction: Health-related social needs are known drivers of health and health outcomes, yet work to date to examine health-related …
Health Status and Chronic Disease Burden of the Homeless Population: An Analysis of Two Decades of Multi-Institutional Electronic Medical Records
Using a multi-institutional EMR registry, we extracted housing status and evaluated the presence of several important comorbidities in …
Health-Related Social Needs and Increased Readmission Rates: Findings from the Nationwide Readmissions Database
Background: While health-related social needs (HRSN) are known to compromise health, work to date has not clearly demonstrated the …
How do we define homelessness in large health care data? Identifying variation in composition and comorbidities
Limited research exists on the health of the homeless population, and often relies on large health care datasets and varied methods, …
