Social Determinants of Health: The Factors Outside the Exam Room That Shape Everything Inside It
Two patients walk into your practice with the same diagnosis. They receive the same treatment. One recovers well. The other keeps coming back, struggles with adherence, and experiences complication after complication. What’s different? Often, the answer has nothing to do with their clinical care — and everything to do with the world they go home to. What Are the Social Determinants of Health? The Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) are the non-medical, socio-political conditions that…
