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Making the Case for Medical-Legal Partnerships: An Updated Review of the Evidence (2020–2024)

By Michael Gallo, Research Consultant, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership

Friday, June 13, 2025

This comprehensive literature review, published by the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (NCMLP), offers an in-depth analysis of peer-reviewed research on medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) from September 2020 through August 2024. Building on earlier reviews from 2013 and 2020, this third installment captures the evolution and growing impact of MLPs across healthcare systems. The review examines… Read more »…Read More

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Article: Kaiser Permanente Medical-Legal Partnership Initiative Featured in Health Services Research

By Natasha Arora, Sarah Terry, Holly R. Stevens, Vanessa W. Davis, Gerson Sorto, Bethany Hamilton, Marisa Conner, Alejandra Cabrera, Shane R. Mueller, Maria Casoni, Hiba Elkhatib, Ellen Lawton

Key findings from NCMLP’s collaborative work on the Kaiser Permanente Medical-Legal Partnership Initiative are featured in Health Services Research, a leading peer-reviewed journal. The new article, “Health, Housing, and Justice: Two‐Year Implementation Evaluation of a Health System’s Multi‐State Medical‐Legal Partnership to Address Housing Instability,” sheds light on how health and legal sectors are working together… Read more »…Read More

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Literature review: Making the case for medical-legal partnerships, 2013-2020

By Caitlin Murphy, MPA-PNP
National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership

Thursday, October 1, 2020

This brief summarizes peer-reviewed observational studies from January 2013 – August 2020 that demonstrate evidence of medical-legal partnerships’ impact in five areas.…Read More

Patients Systems / Cost Workforce NCMLP-Authored Reports & Fact Sheets Peer-Reviewed Research Health Centers Hospitals & Health Systems Veterans

Article: Study shows unaddressed legal issues may be a risk factor for hospital readmission

By Emma James, Emily Samson, Megha Manek & Robert Robinson

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

A recent study examined the impact of unmet legal needs on hospital readmission rates at the SIU Family and Community Medicine inpatient service at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Illinois. Data from 2500 hospital discharges were analyzed alongside unmet legal needs identified through an interview-based screening tool. The results show that unmet legal needs appear… Read more »…Read More

Patients Systems / Cost Peer-Reviewed Research