A Society of General Internal Medicine Position Statement on the Internists' Role in Social Determinants of Health

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. ebyhoff@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
² Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Midlothian, VA, USA.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Medicine and Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
⁹ Departments of Medical Education, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, Yale Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
¹¹ Departments of Population Health and of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
¹² Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
¹³ Google, Mountain View, CA, USA.

Elena Byhoff et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;35(9):2721-2727.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-05934-8. Epub 2020 Jun 9.

¹ Department of Medicine, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. ebyhoff@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
² Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Midlothian, VA, USA.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Medicine and Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
⁹ Departments of Medical Education, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, Yale Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
¹¹ Departments of Population Health and of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
¹² Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
¹³ Google, Mountain View, CA, USA.

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