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. 2025 Oct 16.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-025-09848-1. Online ahead of print.

Screening for Health-Related Social Needs Among Inpatient Adults at an Academic Medical Center

Jocelyn Carter  1 , Narmeen Rehman  2 , Adaugo Amobi  3 , Natalia Swack  4 , Yu Otaki  5 , Brammy Rajakumar  6 , Sammer Marzouk  7
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Screening for Health-Related Social Needs Among Inpatient Adults at an Academic Medical Center

Jocelyn Carter et al. J Gen Intern Med. .
No abstract available

Keywords: health-related social needs; hospital discharge; hospitalizations; inpatient; readmissions; social determinants of health; social work consultation.

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Declarations. Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no competing interests. Disclaimer: The funder had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication. Statement of Non-duplication: This manuscript is a unique submission and is not being considered for publication by any other source. This manuscript has not been published, in part or in full, in any form. Ethics Statement: All study participants provided written informed consent prior to this study. All methods were carried out in accordance with guidelines and regulations for IRB exemption outlined by the Mass General Brigham Institutional Review Board.

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