# Social Determinants of Health/Social History

**URL:** <https://forum.loinc.org/t/social-determinants-of-health-social-history/2540>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [May 5, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.loinc.org/t/social-determinants-of-health-social-history/2540 "2025-05-05T14:01:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![apatel59](https://forum.loinc.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@apatel59](https://forum.loinc.org/u/apatel59)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.loinc.org/t/social-determinants-of-health-social-history/2540/1 "2025-05-05T14:01:36Z")

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Does LOINC capture Route of administration\* [Possibly Common] Route of administration\*  
Tobacco Route of administration\*  
Vape Route of administration\*  
Alcohol Route of administration\*  
Substances Route of administration\*

Unit of measure\* Unit of measure\*  
Tobacco   
Vape   
Alcohol   
Substances   
Frequency\* [Common] Frequency\*  
Substance use start date\* [Common] Substance use start date\*  
Substance use end date\* [Common] Substance use end date\*  
Substance use duration\* [Common] Substance use duration\*

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**Author:** ![ehafeza](https://forum.loinc.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/43a26b/32.png) [@ehafeza](https://forum.loinc.org/u/ehafeza)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.loinc.org/t/social-determinants-of-health-social-history/2540/2 "2025-05-05T20:09:57Z")

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Hi Anil, We started receiving these types of concepts recently in the last few months. We created some already and going forward we will be working proactively on a model to capture this information. To answer your question, yes we are interested in implementing them in LOINC and after a preliminary discussion internally you can start submitting them. Stay tuned for further information .  
Thank you much,  
Eza

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**Author:** ![apatel59](https://forum.loinc.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@apatel59](https://forum.loinc.org/u/apatel59)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.loinc.org/t/social-determinants-of-health-social-history/2540/3 "2025-05-05T21:20:05Z")

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Hi Eza, Our partners at CIHI are working on Social History and for the CA-CDI they are capturing this type of Observation.

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**Author:** ![ehafeza](https://forum.loinc.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/43a26b/32.png) [@ehafeza](https://forum.loinc.org/u/ehafeza)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.loinc.org/t/social-determinants-of-health-social-history/2540/4 "2025-05-05T22:01:50Z")

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Hi Anil, we can create them . We have very few in the DB, not as specific as you have listed , and not with the volume that recently was requested from us…