Social Determinants: Poverty, Death, and Healthcare

The Doctor Weighs In
5 min readDec 9, 2018

By: Joseph Valenti, M.D.

Social determinants, despite their intangible origins, have very tangible effects on healthcare costs and life expectancy.

Social determinants, despite their intangible origins, have very tangible effects. For example, according to an article in the Atlantic, there is a 20-year life expectancy gap between wealthy and poor…

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