In a Pennsylvania study, decreases in cost-of-care offset the expenses of community health worker teams. This article appears in the May/June 2020 edition of HealthLeaders magazine. A community health ...

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey found success piloting a program targeting the social determinants of health in Newark. Now, the insurer is taking its Neighbors in Health initiative to 11 ...

Northwell Health in New York has launched a program to address food insecurity and is tracking readmissions rates to determine the success of focusing on the social determinants of health. Since the ...

RWJBarnabas Health has launched its new social determinants of health program, Health Beyond the Hospital, in collaboration with NowPow and ConsejoSano to refer and connect patients to community-based ...

Recent social science research -- particularly evaluation research and cost-benefit analysis -- has produced a substantial and very useful literature on the impact of public policy and on the ...

This article examines factors that influence Food Stamp Program exits and finds that families who leave the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program are also more likely to leave the Food ...