Optimizing Health Care Utilization for Patients With Complex Medical Needs-Should We Be Targeting Social Risks?

Laura C Pinheiro^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
² Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health Science, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.

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Laura C Pinheiro. JAMA Netw Open. 2024.

. 2024 Sep 3;7(9):e2435152.

doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.35152.

Laura C Pinheiro^{1

2}

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
² Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health Science, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.

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Social Risks and Health Care Use in Medically Complex Patients.
Tucher EL, Steele AL, Uratsu CS, McCloskey JK, Grant RW. Tucher EL, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 3;7(9):e2435199. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.35199. JAMA Netw Open. 2024. PMID: 39331394 Free PMC article.

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