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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2019 Dec;57(6 Suppl 1):S38–S46. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2019.07.016

Table 1.

Participant Demographics

Variable Survey and interview participants (n=50a) % Survey participants only (n=955a) % Fisher’s exact p-value
Age, years 0.842
 18‒44 59 55
 45‒64 29 30
 ≥75 12 15
Sex 0.588
 Female 77 70
 Male 23 29
Participant type 0.732
 Patient 80 76
 Caregiver of pediatric patient 20 24
Approximate %FPL 0.007
 <200% 68 55
 ≥200% 33 45
Race/ethnicity 0.070
 Non-Hispanic white 29 37
 Non-Hispanic black 37 21
 Hispanic 31 34
 Other 4 9
Preferred language 1.000
 English 82 82
 Spanish 18 18
Education 0.600
 High school or less 52 43
 Some college and above 48 57
Self-rated health 0.731
 Excellent/Very good/Good 76 76
 Fair/Poor 24 25
Healthcare setting 1.000
 Family medicine 40 40
 Internal medicine 20 20
 General ED 20 20
 Pediatric ED 20 20
Census region location of healthcare site 1.000
 Northeast 30 30
 South 10 10
 Midwest 20 20
 West 40 40
Participant response to CMMI social risk screening tool
 Yes, housing problem 40 41 1.000
 Yes, food insecurity 52 41 0.144
 Yes, transportation problems 16 21 0.588
 Yes, utilities problems 10 13 0.825
 Yes, safety concern 0 2 1.000
Overall number of positive social risk screening domains 0.558
 No unmet risks 34 39
 1‒2 unmet risk(s) 54 46
 3‒5 unmet risks 12 16
Appropriateness of screening at healthcare setting 0.214
 Very appropriate 40 55
 Somewhat appropriate 38 25
 Neither 14 14
 Somewhat inappropriate 20 4
 Very inappropriate 6 3
Comfort with EHR integration of social risk screening results 0.622
 Very comfortable 43 44
 Somewhat comfortable 16 20
 Neither 20 16
 Somewhat uncomfortable 6 9
 Very uncomfortable 14 9

Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05).

a

Not all participants completed the survey. Respondents who completed >50% of the survey questions were eligible to participate in interviews.

FPL, federal poverty limit; ED, emergency department; CMMI, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; EHR, electronic health record.