date:Sep 18, 2021
and outcomes. Given that the pandemic also highlighted racial disparities and inequity, those conversations have become more urgent.
Both advocates and researchers are looking at how addressing social drivers could not only improve health outcomes for patients but could also create potential savings to the health care system. A recent Rockefeller Foundation report, for instance, found that poor nutrition and diet alone costs over $1 trillion a year in health costs $359 billion from obesity an