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Despite agreement that the social determinants of health (SDOH) can impact accountable care organization (ACO) success, many see challenges in integrating interventions into practice, according to a new study published in Health Affairs obtained ahead of print by journalists.
Specifically, ACOs face challenges in collecting data about patients experiencing key SDOH, creating meaningful community health partnerships, and making a financial case for SDOH interventions, the researchers said.
This comes even as ACOs are poised to tackle SDOH given their payment structure. The social determinants of health can impact between 40 and 90 percent of patient outcomes, and given that ACOs are paid based on those outcomes, it is natural that they are gearing up to integrate SDOH work into practice.