Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Milbank Q. 2022 Jun;100(2):393-423. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12562. Epub 2022 Mar 29.
Policy Points The number of social prescribing practices, which aim to link patients with nonmedical services and supports to address patients' social needs, is increasing in both England and the United States. Traditional health care financing mechanisms were not designed to support social prescribing practices, and flexible payment approaches may not support their widespread adoption. Policymakers in both countries are shifting toward developing explicit financing streams for social prescribing programs. Consequently, we need an evaluation of them to assess their success in supporting both the acceptance of these programs and their impacts. Investment in community-based organizations and wider public services will likely be crucial to both the long-term effectiveness and the sustainability of social prescribing.
政策要点 在英国和美国，旨在将患者与非医疗服务和支持联系起来以满足患者的社会需求的社会处方实践的数量正在增加。传统的医疗保健融资机制并非旨在支持社会处方实践，灵活的支付方式可能无法支持其广泛采用。这两个国家的政策制定者都在转向为社会处方计划制定明确的融资渠道。因此，我们需要对其进行评估，以评估它们在支持这些计划的接受度及其影响方面的成功程度。对社区组织和更广泛的公共服务的投资可能对社会处方的长期有效性和可持续性都至关重要。
