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Housing as Health Care — New York's Boundary-Crossing Experiment

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  • Kelly M. Doran, M.D., M.H.S.,
  • Elizabeth J. Misa, M.P.A.,
  • and Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H.

The role of social determinants of health, and the business case for addressing them, is clear when it comes to homelessness and housing. New York State is undertaking an experiment that uses Medicaid funds for supportive housing for high-risk, homeless Medicaid recipients.

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Author Affiliations

From the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital Center (K.M.D.), and the Office of Health Insurance Programs (E.J.M.) and the Office of the Commissioner (N.R.S.), New York State Department of Health — both in New York.

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