Health And Human Services Integration: Generating Sustained Health And Equity Improvements
Concurrent increases in evidence about social determinants of
health and the use of value-based health care incentives are driving new
efforts to integrate health care and human services. Despite expectations
that the integration of these complementary services could improve
health, reduce health inequities, and reduce potentially avoidable health
care use and costs, current evidence on the effectiveness, implementation,
and sustainability of such cross-sectoral partnerships is sparse and mixed.
To realize the potential of health care and human services integration,
knowledge gaps in these key areas must be filled. In doing so, particular
attention needs to be paid to understanding how power and resource
differentials between organizations in the two sectors influence
integration approaches and their impacts. Furthermore, increased
societal investments in resources to address social needs are likely
necessary for integrative initiatives to yield desired individual- and
population-level impacts.
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