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  • Public Health
  • Health Services Research
  • Legal Medicine

Background:

  • Medical-legal partnership (MLP) integrates legal professionals into healthcare settings to address social determinants of health and health inequities.
  • Despite proven benefits, MLP remains less recognized than its potential suggests.
  • Existing models face challenges in widespread adoption and sustainability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore strategic alignments between legal and healthcare services to promote MLP.
  • To identify key areas for enhancing the visibility and sustainability of MLP.
  • To propose a model for more integrated and holistic care delivery.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of MLP integration within healthcare delivery systems.
  • Exploration of strategic alignment in professionalism, information sharing, and financing.
  • Discussion of potential pathways for expanding MLP models.

Main Results:

  • Strategic alignment across professionalism, information exchange, and financial structures is crucial for MLP growth.
  • Enhanced collaboration can improve the efficiency and impact of legal services within healthcare.
  • Addressing systemic barriers can foster wider adoption of MLP.

Conclusions:

  • Integrating legal services into healthcare through MLP can effectively address health inequities.
  • Strategic alignment is key to making MLP a sustainable and widespread model for holistic care.
  • Further development of integrated service models is needed to maximize MLP's potential.