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Health insurance spending on social determinants of health: 7 categories
Author(s)Richard Payerchin, Logan Lutton
New study analyzes where the money goes toward SDOH.
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In recent years, private health insurance companies have spent at least $1.87 billion on programs aiming to improve social determinants of health (SDOH).
But that is a relatively small percentage of profits those companies make each year, according to a
So where did
Here’s a look at the categories and programs that private health insurers contributed to, in the study period from the start of 2017 to the end of 2021.
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