@article{0c74484a242449a6a2444eefa2122cb9,
title = "Pivoting from decomposing correlates to developing solutions: An evidence-based agenda to address drivers of health",
abstract = "Health is influenced by many factors outside the health system. This is often expressed by decomposing contributors to health into factors that sum to 100 percent. In this commentary, we assess the (few) strengths and (many) limitations of such decompositions. We conclude that they fail to be useful for policy guidance. We conclude by proposing an alternative approach to assessing how various factors affect health: evaluations of interventions.",
keywords = "delivery of health care, economics, policy, public health, quality of health care, Evidence-Based Practice, Health Status Disparities, Health Behavior/ethnology, Humans, Health Policy, Social Determinants of Health/ethnology",
author = "Frakt, {Austin B.} and Jha, {Ashish K.} and Sherry Glied",
note = "Funding Information: Joint Acknowledgment/Disclosure Statement: This work was part of the Drivers of Health project, supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The contents of this article do not represent the views of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, the US government, or any other organization with which the authors are affiliated. Funding Information: This work was part of the Drivers of Health project, supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The contents of this article do not represent the views of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, the US government, or any other organization with which the authors are affiliated. Joint Acknowledgment/Disclosure Statement: Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 The Authors. Health Services Research published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Health Research and Educational Trust",
year = "2020",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1111/1475-6773.13539",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "55 Suppl 2",
pages = "781--786",
journal = "Health Services Research",
issn = "0017-9124",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Inc.",
number = "S2",
}