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. 2019 Sep 18;2(9):e1911514. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.11514

Table 1. Characteristics of Physician Practices That Screen for Food Insecurity, Housing Instability, Utility Needs, Transportation Needs, and Experience With Interpersonal Violence.

Characteristic Screen for All 5 Needs
No.a Weighted % (95% CI) P Value
Overall 346 15.6 (13.4-17.9)
Practice ownershipb
Independent 87 14.8 (10.4-19.1) .57
System 259 16.3 (13.9-18.7)
Academic medical center affiliationc,d
Yes 129 17.9 (14.0-21.9) .20
No 217 14.8 (12.1-17.6)
Practice typec
Multispecialty 167 16.0 (12.5-19.6) .76
Primary care only 179 15.3 (12.4-18.2)
Federally qualified health centerc
Yes 83 29.7 (21.5-37.8) <.001
No 148 9.4 (7.2-11.6)
Medicaid expansion statee
Yes 262 17.7 (14.8-20.7) .007
No 84 11.4 (8.1-14.6)
Medicaid revenuec
<5% 69 9.0 (6.1-11.8) .02
5%-20% 86 14.6 (10.7-18.5)
>20% 87 17.1 (11.4-22.7)
Regionf
South 90 16.1 (11.9-20.2) .05
Midwest 80 10.8 (7.9-13.6)
West 96 19.7 (13.9-25.4)
Northeast 80 16.0 (11.0-21.0)
Areag
Rural 45 14.4 (9.1-19.8) .64
Metropolitan 300 15.9 (13.3-18.4)
Bundled paymentsc,h
Yes 156 21.4 (17.1-25.8) <.001
No 130 10.7 (7.9-13.4)
Primary care improvement modelc
Yes 261 19.6 (16.5-22.6) <.001
No 65 9.6 (6.0-13.1)
Medicare ACOc,h
Yes 201 15.8 (12.9-18.8) .53
No 102 14.3 (10.3-18.2)
Medicaid ACOc
Yes 176 21.8 (17.4-26.2) <.001
No 132 11.2 (8.6-13.7)
Commercial ACOc,h
Yes 191 18.4 (15.0-21.8) .02
No 115 12.4 (9.0-15.7)

Abbreviation: ACO, accountable care organization.

a

Unweighted number of survey respondents.

b

Data from the OneKey database (IQVIA Inc).20

c

Data from the 2017-2018 National Survey of Healthcare Organizations and Systems.19

d

Data from the American Hospital Association’s Annual Survey were used to determine whether practices owned by a system also included a hospital with an academic medical center affiliation.21

e

Kaiser Family Foundation’s list of states that adopted Medicaid expansion at the time of survey administration was used for this information.23

f

Region was defined using US Census definitions.24

g

Rural was defined as an area with 49 999 or fewer residents using the rural urban commuting area definitions.25

h

The rate of missing data was equal to or greater than 10% for these variables.