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Applying Evidence to Address Social Needs in Health Care: Insights from Complex Care Experts

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Factors outside the health care system — housing and food insecurity, lack of employment and transportation, and social isolation — significantly impact people’s health. Recognizing this, health care entities and policymakers are investing in interventions to address patients’ social needs. What does the evidence say about the effectiveness of these programs? How can research inform policy and decision-making?

To explore these questions, last fall, the Better Care Playbook, in partnership with the Camden Coalition and UPMC Health Plan, co-hosted a symposium, Social Needs in Healthcare

Medically Tailored Meals: Evidence Roundup

Highlights recent findings on the effectiveness of medically tailored meals and the impacts these programs have on hospitalizations, patient costs, and clinical outcomes, and also outlines implementation considerations.

Medical Respite Care: Evidence Roundup

Explores evidence on the effectiveness of medical respite care and the impacts this approach has on patient outcomes, hospital visits, and costs.

Understanding How Social Care Programs Impact Health

Laura Gottlieb, founding co-director of the Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network, discusses emerging evidence on social care interventions and identifies pathways through which social care programs likely impact health.