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Capsule Commentary on O’Conor et al., Perceived Adequacy of Tangible Social Support and Associations with Health Outcomes Among Older Primary Care Patients

Author: Carla Perissinotto, MD MHS

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 11/2019

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In 2014, the Institute of Medicine¹ stated that it is imperative for health systems to include information on social and behavioral health in electronic medical records. In this issue, the article by O’Conor et al.² highlights the importance of social and behavioral factors, focusing on the perceived adequacy of tangible support. They found that 1 in 6 community-dwelling older adults report unmet support needs that in turn are associated with greater urgent health care use and worse health status. This should alarm all of us working in health care and public health as we may be missing opportunities to impact large numbers of patients. Social health is health and as clinicians we need to understand this. …

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Title: Capsule Commentary on O’Conor et al., Perceived Adequacy of Tangible Social Support and Associations with Health Outcomes Among Older Primary Care Patients
Author: Carla Perissinotto, MD MHS
Publication date: 01-11-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Keyword: Care
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 11/2019
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05294-y

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