The social determinants of health (SDH) are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age—including security in food, housing, income, environment, and social context. As health care systems shifts toward value-based care, leading provider organisations are studying non-clinical risk factors (e.g., social circumstances, individual behaviour, physical environment) and building new models for social care delivery in partnership with owned and community resources in an effort to improve patient outcomes.

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