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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Perinatol. 2020 Oct 30;41(8):1983–1991. doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-00867-w

Table 2.

Assessment and identification of unmet basic needs in the NICU.

Factors Unmet basic need
assessed among
families of infants
 Unmet basic needs
identified among
families of infants
 Unmet basic needs identified
among families of infants
assessed
n assessed/601 % n identified/601 % n identified/n assessed %
Childcare 17/601 2.8 4/601 0.01 4/17 23.5
Food/Hunger 42/601 6.9 22/601 0.04 22/42 52.4
Housing 227/601 37.8 31/601 0.05 31/227 24.6
Transportation difficulties 17/601 2.8 10/601 0.02 10/17 58.8
Utilities (e.g., heat) 1/601 0.2 0/601 0 0/1 0
Employment [1] 537/601 89.4 181/601 30.1 181/537 33.7