When the bough breaks: provider-initiated comprehensive care is more effective and less expensive for sole-support parents on social assistance

This 5-year study conducted in Ontario, Canada is designed to assess the effects and expense of adding a mix of provider-initiated interventions to the health and social services typically used in a self-directed manner by sole-support parents and their children receiving social assistance in a national system of health and social insurance. Results from a 2-year interim analysis show that providing social assistance families with proactive …