Do social determinants of health (food insecurity, financial strain, transportation needs) increase future hospitalization risk in patients with heart failure?
Social determinants of health, specifically food insecurity, financial strain, and transportation needs, are associated with increased hospitalization risk in heart failure patients, supporting the need for clinical social risk screening.
Food insecurity risk, financial resource strain, and medical transportation needs are associated with increased future hospitalization risk among patients with heart failure. These findings support the integration of social determinant screening into clinical risk stratification and the development of targeted interventions addressing these modifiable social factors to potentially reduce healthcare utilization and improve outcomes for vulnerable populations with heart failure.
Crump et al. (2026) studied this question.