U.S. Social Prescribing Leadership Survey Insights and Analysis

A document synthesizing evidence on social prescribing in the United States healthcare system. It draws on data from a national survey of social prescribing movement leaders conducted ahead of the 2025 U.S. Social Prescribing Leadership Summit. The paper was authored by Alan Siegel and released under a CC-BY-4.0 license in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing barriers to social prescribing adoption based on survey data from movement leaders
• Identifying opportunities for aligning social prescribing with U.S. public health priorities mentioned in the description
• Informing policy frameworks and sustainable financing models for social connection programs
• Studying the role of social prescribing in addressing aging populations, mental illness, and social isolation

Strengths

• Draws on a national survey of social prescribing movement leaders
• Synthesizes epidemiologic, economic, and implementation evidence
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The 1.9 MB file size suggests a small document dataset

Provenance

Source

Alan Siegel via figshare

Collection Method

Synthesis of evidence and analysis of a national survey

Time Range

Survey conducted ahead of the 2025 U.S. Social Prescribing Leadership Summit

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 05:44:06

Geography

United States