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From page 1... ... While health care services are essential to health, there is growing recognition that social determinants of health are important influences on population health.2 Supporting this idea are estimates that while health care accounts for some 10 to 20 percent of the determinants of health, socioeconomic factors and factors related to the physical environment are estimated to account for up to 50 percent of the determinants of health (Hood et al., 2016; McGinnis et al., 2002) Read the entire page →
From page 2... ... Health care systems have begun exploring ways to address non-medical, health-related social needs as a way to reduce health care costs. To explore the potential effect of addressing non-medical, healthrelated social needs on improving population health and reducing health care spending in a value-driven health care delivery system, the Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) Read the entire page →
From page 3... ... Appendix B contains the workshop agenda and Appendix C provides biographical sketches of the workshop speakers. The workshop speakers' presentations have been archived online as PDF and video files.3 In accordance with the policies of the National Academies, the workshop did not attempt to establish any conclusions or recommendations about needs and future directions, focusing instead on issues identified by the speakers and workshop participants. Read the entire page →

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... While health care services are essential to health, there is growing recognition that social determinants of health are important influences on population health.2 Supporting this idea are estimates that while health care accounts for some 10 to 20 percent of the determinants of health, socioeconomic factors and factors related to the physical environment are estimated to account for up to 50 percent of the determinants of health (Hood et al., 2016; McGinnis et al., 2002)

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... Health care systems have begun exploring ways to address non-medical, health-related social needs as a way to reduce health care costs. To explore the potential effect of addressing non-medical, healthrelated social needs on improving population health and reducing health care spending in a value-driven health care delivery system, the Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies)

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... Appendix B contains the workshop agenda and Appendix C provides biographical sketches of the workshop speakers. The workshop speakers' presentations have been archived online as PDF and video files.3 In accordance with the policies of the National Academies, the workshop did not attempt to establish any conclusions or recommendations about needs and future directions, focusing instead on issues identified by the speakers and workshop participants.

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