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. 2014 Aug 5;30(1):60–67. doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-2969-8

Table 1.

Characteristics of Interview Participants

Health care providers (N = 20) n (%)
 Position
  Medical director or division chief 9 (45)
  Non-physician director or manager 7 (35)
  Front-line staff 4 (20)
 Specialties and clinical settings*
  Primary care 10 (50)
  Emergency and inpatient medicine 6 (30)
  Case management/social work 7 (35)
  Psychiatry/behavioral health 3 (15)
  Women and infants’ health 2 (10)
Social service providers (N = 30)
 Position
  Executive leadership 15 (50)
  Program director or manager 11 (37)
  Front-line staff 4 (13)
 Types of services provided by organization*
  Emergency assistance§ 14 (43)
  Food assistance|| 6 (20)
  Housing assistance or shelter 6 (20)
  Senior services 5 (17)
  Child and family services 2 (7)
  Other 8 (27)

* Categories are not mutually exclusive

Internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics, and homeless outreach

Emergency department, jail health, inpatient medical services

§ A broad array of emergency services including food, clothing, and financial assistance

|| Explicitly self-identified primary service as food assistance and/or had a food pantry

Crisis management, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, counseling or other service not otherwise specified