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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 Jun 1;36(6):999–1005. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1425

EXHIBIT 1.

Community-level geomarkers specific to the health service, physical, economic, and psychosocial environments and potential interventions that could be relevant at the population or patient level

Health service environment Physical environment Economic environment Psychosocial environment
GEOMARKERS
Distance to pharmacy
Live within “pharmacy desert”
Pharmacy quality metric
Distance to primary care
Live within undeserved area
Vehicle availability
Public transport availability
Housing code violations
Vacancy rate
Renter rate
Home value
Crowding/population density
Exposure to pollution
Poverty rate
Household income
Home ownership
Car ownership
Educational attainment
Crime rate
Mental health access

INTERVENTIONS

Medication delivery
Care coordination
Community health worker
Home nurse visitation
Medicaid rides
Telemedicine
Housing inspection
Legal advocacy
Air conditioning or filtration
Development of affordable housing
Financial services
Medicaid rides
Legal advocacy
Public benefit procurement
Community health worker
Community agency referrals
Community health worker
Community agency referrals
Resilience training
Community partnerships

SOURCE Authors’ contributions.

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