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Medical Student Screening of Social Determinants of Health in Urogynecology Surgical Patients

Isabel K. Anderson, Erin Biggs, Meenakshi Mishra, Hannah H. Jordan and Leise R. Knoepp
Ochsner Journal March 2026, 26 (1) 16-22; DOI: https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.25.0096
Isabel K. Anderson
1The University of Queensland Medical School, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
MD, MPH
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Erin Biggs
2Center for Outcomes and Health Services Research, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
PhD, MPH
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Meenakshi Mishra
2Center for Outcomes and Health Services Research, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
PhD, MPH
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Hannah H. Jordan
2Center for Outcomes and Health Services Research, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
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Leise R. Knoepp
1The University of Queensland Medical School, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
3Department of Urogynecology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
MD, MPH
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Isabel K. Anderson, Erin Biggs, Meenakshi Mishra, Hannah H. Jordan, Leise R. Knoepp
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Isabel K. Anderson, Erin Biggs, Meenakshi Mishra, Hannah H. Jordan, Leise R. Knoepp
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