Complex Care Health Settings and Medical-Legal Partnerships
Description
Many people with complex health needs confront social needs such as housing instability or homelessness, immigration challenges, criminal system involvement, unlawful disenrollment from federal or state disability benefits, and the absence of paperwork to guide responsible medical decision-making. While these needs have a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of individuals, the healthcare system is not equipped to address these needs. However, many social needs have legal solutions.
The fourth fact sheet in the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership’s population series describes five complex care settings that have integrated medical-legal partnership services into care delivery. It also features data on the ways these partnerships have demonstrated initial success in improving both physical and mental health conditions as well as stabilizing income and housing for patients with complex conditions. Data also shows how MLPs curb costly overuse of healthcare services by addressing the root causes of patients’ problems.
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Authors
MLPB
National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs
National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership
PennMedicine Lancaster General Health
Acknowledgment
This fact sheet is possible thanks to generous support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.