The COVID-19 Shadow Pandemic: Meeting Social Needs For A City In Lockdown
| Autor: | Jenifer Clapp, Jenna Lupi, Emily Foote, Dave A. Chokshi, Natalie Kramer, Alessandra Calvo-Friedman, Opeyemi Osuntuyi, Samantha Lily Kumar, Susan Cameron |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Economic growth Social work 030503 health policy & services Health Policy Public health Population health 03 medical and health sciences Social support 0302 clinical medicine Needs assessment medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Social determinants of health Business 0305 other medical science Medicaid Health policy |
| Zdroj: | Health Affairs. 39:1592-1596 |
| ISSN: | 1544-5208 0278-2715 |
| Popis: | Addressing patients' social needs is key to helping them heal from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), preventing the spread of the virus, and reducing its disproportionate burden on low-income communities and communities of color. New York City Health + Hospitals is the city's single largest health care provider to Medicaid and uninsured patients. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, NYC Health + Hospitals staff developed and executed a strategy to meet patients' intensified social needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. NYC Health + Hospitals identified food, housing, and income support as patients' most pressing needs and built programming to quickly connect patients to these resources. Although NYC Health + Hospitals was able to build on its existing foundation of strong social work support of patients, all health systems must prioritize the social needs of patients and their families to mitigate the damage of COVID-19. National and local leaders should accelerate change by developing robust policy approaches to redesign the social and economic system that reinforces structural inequity and exacerbates crises such as COVID-19. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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