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Len Nichols

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Health economist, SDOH financing focus, New Orleans resident, fan of St.Louis Cardinals and New Orleans Saints.

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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · Mar 7

Exactly

Len Nichols @lmnichols.bsky.social · Jan 17

The specific value of additional SDOH interventions and practical examples for local coalitions are provided in appendices.

Len Nichols @lmnichols.bsky.social · Jan 17

The paper advocates for greater recognition and estimation of the multiple sources of value from SDOH interventions to be reflected in payment policies and investment decisions of public and private stakeholders alike.

Len Nichols @lmnichols.bsky.social · Jan 17

We also calculate the value we sacrifice each year by tolerating so much excess death among the homeless and the food insecure in our country. It Is far greater than it would likely cost to house and feed people.

Len Nichols @lmnichols.bsky.social · Jan 17

We illustrate, using published literature, that many SDOH interventions are public goods i.e., they benefit multiple stakeholders simultaneously.
When you add up the total value generated, things like permanent supportive housing and medically tailored meals more than pay for themselves in total.

Len Nichols @lmnichols.bsky.social · Jan 17

Whether health care organizations can save money from one-off SDOH interventions is the wrong question.
The right questions are, what would it be worth to END homelessness? END hunger? ELIMINATE barriers to affordable and equitable care, etc.

Len Nichols @lmnichols.bsky.social · Jan 17

We sincerely hope you find the paper interesting. We applaud the many recent efforts upstream of the health care system, but we note that still unmet human needs far exceed what a narrow focus on “health related social needs” can accomplish.

Len Nichols @lmnichols.bsky.social · Jan 17

UI Health Policy colleagues (@tawaid.bsky.social,@lisaclemancope.bsky.social,@bowengarrett.bsky.social, and Kima Taylor) and I just published in Health Affairs Scholar, (#HAScholar, @Health_Affairs) Tracing Value From Social Determinant Solutions, academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · Dec 7

Exactly

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · Nov 27

There’s an awful lot of “it’s over” and “we won’t survive this” going around. I’m not naive to the danger, I’m just not convinced these people are capable of destroying everything and I’m convinced there are plenty of good, capable, committed people who are not going to just roll over and take it.

Len Nichols @lmnichols.bsky.social · Nov 24

Good story about how faith can help heal some homeless people. Also hoping Jason DeParle's Reporting can help humanize them, like he did for welfare recipients, 30 years ago.
At Bible Study for the Homeless, a Search for Meaning www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...

At Bible Study for the Homeless, a Search for Meaning

Religion is often overlooked as a factor in the lives of the needy, but those who gather at a center in Virginia say it helps sustain them.

www.nytimes.com

Len Nichols @lmnichols.bsky.social · Nov 15

Please add me to health policy group. Thanks.