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Clusters of Health-Related Social Needs Among Adult Primary Care Patients

Joshua R. Vest, Wei Wu and Kyaien Conner
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2025, 38 (1) 119-124; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240173R1
Joshua R. Vest
From the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health – Indianapolis, Regenstrief Institute, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Indianapolis, IN (JRV); Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN (WW); School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (KC).
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Wei Wu
From the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health – Indianapolis, Regenstrief Institute, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Indianapolis, IN (JRV); Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN (WW); School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (KC).
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Kyaien Conner
From the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health – Indianapolis, Regenstrief Institute, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Indianapolis, IN (JRV); Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN (WW); School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (KC).
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