As the healthcare landscape moves away from fee-for-service models and toward value-based care, understanding the social determinants of health (SDOH) has become crucial. These non-medical factors—ranging from economic stability and education to neighborhood conditions and social support—are now recognized as powerful predictors of health outcomes. According to the World Health Organization, social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, as well as the broader systems and policies that shape daily life. These factors go beyond the clinical setting, highlighting how poverty, housing insecurity, food deserts, and la...
