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Factors Associated with Documenting Social Determinants of Health in Electronic Health Records

Jeongyoung Park, Yalda Jabbarpour, Robert L. Phillips, Andrew W. Bazemore and Nathaniel Hendrix
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2025, 38 (2) 290-301; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240279R1
Jeongyoung Park
From the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, American Academy of Family Physicians, Washington, DC (JP); Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, American Academy of Family Physicians, Washington, DC (YJ); Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine, Washington, DC (RLP); Research & Policy, American Board of Family Medicine, Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, Washington, DC (AWB); Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine, Washington, DC (NH).
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Robert L. Phillips
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Andrew W. Bazemore
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Nathaniel Hendrix
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