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Rethinking Social Needs and Health Care Utilization—Treating the Symptom, Not the Cause

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.47963

December 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST

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Corresponding Author: Omolola E. Adepoju, PhD, MPH, Department of Health Systems and Population Health Sciences, University of Houston College of Medicine, 5055 Medical Circle, Houston, TX 77204 (oadepoju@uh.edu).

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