What Are The Social Determinants Of Health?

Editor Note: This is a reprint of “Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)” originally appearing on NEJM Catalyst, a product of NEJM Group, a division of the Massachusetts Medical Society. The original text of the article can be found at https://catalyst.nejm.org/social-determinants-of-health/.

As our health system moves toward value-based models which incentivize positive results rather than individual procedures and treatments, health care industry leaders increasingly are regarding the social determinants of health (SDOH) as critical components of these efforts. By concentrating . . .