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Social determinants of health
Individual socioeconomic status is important but hard to measure
BMJ 2021; 372 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n174 (Published 22 January 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;372:n174- Shona Kelly, professor
- Montgomery House, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2BP, UK
- s.kelly{at}shu.ac.uk
I was delighted to see Moscrop and colleagues’ article in an influential medical journal,1 as there is a desperate need for healthcare providers to collect social risk factors even if they can’t do anything about, for example, a person’s marital status. By some estimates, the non-clinical risk factors are of the same magnitude as all …
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