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social determinants of health risk flag

sdoh_risk_flg
population·Updated Jul 4, 2026

Definition

ISO-11179 Definition

A binary indicator showing that a member has been identified as having one or more social determinants of health risk factors, such as housing instability, food insecurity, transportation barriers, social isolation, or financial hardship, that may negatively impact health outcomes and healthcare utilization patterns.

Standard Abbreviation

sdoh_risk_flg

Category

population

Production DDL — FACT_POPULATION_RISK

FACT_POPULATION_RISK.sql
CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE FACT_POPULATION_RISK (
    pop_risk_key     INTEGER       NOT NULL  -- surrogate key,
    mbr_id           VARCHAR(20)   NOT NULL  -- member identifier,
    msrmt_prd_dt     DATE          NOT NULL  -- measurement period date,
    risk_score       DECIMAL(8,4)            -- risk score,
    risk_tier_cd     VARCHAR(10)             -- risk tier code,
    raf_score        DECIMAL(8,4)            -- RAF score,
    hcc_cnt          INTEGER                 -- HCC condition count,
    chrnc_cond_cnt   INTEGER                 -- chronic condition count,
    ed_visit_cnt     INTEGER                 -- ED visit count,
    admit_cnt        INTEGER                 -- admission count,
    gap_in_care_cnt  INTEGER                 -- gaps in care count,
    care_mgmt_flg    BOOLEAN                 -- care management flag,
    outreach_sts_cd  VARCHAR(20)             -- outreach status code,
    model_vrsn       VARCHAR(20)             -- risk model version,
    rec_creat_dt     TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL  -- record created date
);

Standard Snowflake DDL for the canonical population table. Convert to BigQuery or Databricks →

Why This Term Matters

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