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The Innovations in Care Delivery blog has discussed articles about outcome measures for premanifest Alzheimer disease trials, nurse care managers in Parkinson disease, and out-of-pocket costs for commonly prescribed neurologic medications. Our goal is to highlight health services research articles published in Neurology® or Neurology® Clinical Practice, as well as to give opinions by experts in the field.

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In a recent Neurology editorial, Dr. Salinas¹ raised the question about whether neurologists should be focusing on social-related aspects of health. He raised the question in response to the article by Grasset et al.² about how income volatility during young adulthood might negatively influence midlife brain structure and cognitive function. Editorialist Salinas makes the following powerful statement and question: “These results are part of a larger ongoing story that points to social conditions as inseparable from disease and poses a critical question for each neurologist and for our field: What is our responsibility in addressing social determinants of health?”²

In another study, Veenhuizen et al.³ evaluated the effectiveness of a self-management group program of aerobic training and other factors to improve social participation in patients with neuromuscular disease and chronic fatigue. The design was a multicenter, randomized controlled trial of 53 patients. The intervention led to improvements in social participation and functional endurance.