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1 in 4 positive SDOH screens never lead to a completed referral, 2024 data shows. Your doctor asked about housing or food — here's why nothing happened next.
More than 200 U.S. hospitals closed 2005-2022, clustered in low-income neighborhoods — turning ERs into primary care and compounding social determinants of health.
Adding providers fixes supply, not access. Urban patients face six-week waits despite nearby specialists; rural patients face long drives to burned-out clinicians.