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      Equity and accessibility

      Improving access to care and addressing health disparities

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      Advancing health equity and access to care

      Our research measures how we’re improving access to care while informing how social determinants of health (SDOH), such as race, ethnicity, geography and income, create barriers to optimal health and how the health care system can respond.

      Measuring what matters

      52%

      of U.S. lower income adults say they experience at least one SDOH-related challenge that impacts their physical or mental health*

      93%

      Of Oak Street Health® centers are located within five miles of medically underserved or health professional shortage areas

      99%

      Of new patients see a licensed mental health therapist through MinuteClinic® within seven days*

      Featured research

      Peer-reviewed article

      Pharmacoinformatics-enabled interventions improved care coordination and identified pharmacy-related safety issues in a multicultural Medicare population

      Peer-reviewed article

      Limited RSV vaccine administration: A case for redesigning the preventive care model

      Conference abstract

      Long COVID incidence by sociodemographic factors in a large national payor database

      Peer-reviewed article

      Association of socioeconomic status with adherence, progression free and overall survival to oral agents in multiple myeloma patients

      • *FOR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH SOURCE: Income under 250% of the federal poverty level. CVS Health plan member data was not utilized for this survey. CVS Health survey data. 

      • *FOR MINUTECLINIC WITHIN SEVEN DAYS SOURCE: MinuteClinic in-person and virtual counseling sessions are available in select states.