That said, there are still many social determinants that need to be addressed to deal with underlying health issues.

Thanks for the description of yesterday’s DRA Project Disparities Foresight Briefing on the Hill - we’ll have the slides and a summary up on our website shortly.

you are asking an important question - what is the role of IX in dealing with the social determinants of health? As you note health care alone will not eliminate health disparities. Health care is responsible for between 10% (McGinnis) and 25% (Clancy et. al) of the variance in health conditions. Overall the role of disparities and of the social determinants (e.g., housing, jobs, food, neighborhood safety, racism, and education) are not the central focus of health care. But when a health care provider gives a patient a prescription for nutrition or activity, that provider should be aware of the conditions in the patient’s environment that would reinforce or hinder compliance with the prescription. And as many community health centers and other providers have shown, they can cost effectively leverage those social determinants in support of the patient. THE DRA Project has 3 reports related to this at http://www.altfutures.com/draproject and we are both following the larger movement toward Health Equity and the question of the role of health providers leveraging the social determinants.

Its important to consider the role of Ix in supporting this.
Clem