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SUBMITTER: Samuels-Kalow ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7593464 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Samuels-Kalow Margaret E ME Ciccolo Gia E GE Lin Michelle P MP Schoenfeld Elizabeth M EM Camargo Carlos A CA
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 20200720 5
Emergency medicine has increasingly focused on addressing social determinants of health (SDoH) in emergency medicine. However, efforts to standardize and evaluate measurement tools and compare results across studies have been limited by the plethora of terms (eg, SDoH, health-related social needs, social risk) and a lack of consensus regarding definitions. Specifically, the social risks of an individual may not align with the social needs of an individual, and this has ramifications for policy, ...[more]