New Brief Assesses Social Needs Screening and Availability of Associated Programs in U.S. Hospitals

The new policy brief from the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis assesses the extent to which rural hospitals screen for social needs and the level of alignment between screening and corresponding programing.

Rural PPS hospitals had greater alignment between screening and programming than CAHs. Hospitals engaged in ACOs also had greater alignment in screening and programming than those not in ACOs.

Read the brief here.