Hospital Decision-Making and Adoption of Health-Related Social Needs Programs in US Hospitals

Dina Zein; Cory E Cronin; Neeraj Puro; Berkeley Franz; Elizabeth McNeill; Ji E Chang

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.16351

Hospital Decision-Making and Adoption of Health-Related Social Needs Programs in US Hospitals

JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jun 2;8(6):e2516351. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.16351.

Authors

Dina Zein¹, Cory E Cronin^{2

3}, Neeraj Puro⁴, Berkeley Franz^{3

5}, Elizabeth McNeill¹, Ji E Chang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health Policy and Management, New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, New York.
² Department of Social and Public Health, Ohio University, Athens.
³ Appalachian Institute to Advance Health Equity Science, Athens, Ohio.
⁴ Florida Atlantic University College of Business, Boca Raton.
⁵ Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens.

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines associations among hospital management involvement in health equity goals and the hospital’s adoption of social needs initiatives.