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September 18, 2025Journal of General Internal MedicineOpen Access

Caring for Communities: Comparing Health Care System Patient Populations to Regional Populations

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JPJohn PowersTCTimothy S. CareyTHTaylor W. Hargrove

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This analysis demonstrates how patient demographics and social determinants compare to North Carolina's populations, highlighting disparities.

Key Points

  • Patients in the integrated health system show similar patterns in neighborhood social determinants compared to the regional population.
  • Data from the American Community Survey revealed the distribution of neighborhood indices across different racial and ethnic groups.
  • The analysis included a 5-year overview of patient data from UNC Health, focusing on social determinants of health across neighborhoods.
  • Findings suggest that patients are more concentrated in neighborhoods with both high and low disadvantage.

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Powers et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d461cb31b076d99fa611c4https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09867-y
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