TABLE 2—
No-Show Appointment Proportion Regression Models Examining Number of Social Needs and Specific Social Need Categories for Patients at an Urban Health System, With Social Risk Assessments Between April 2018 and July 2019: Bronx, NY
| No-Show Proportion, % (95% CI) |
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| Model 2a | Model 3b | |
| No. of needs | ||
| None | 26.3 (25.9, 26.8) | . . . |
| ≥ 1 | 31.5*** (30.8, 32.2) | . . . |
| 1 | 30.0*** (29.2, 30.8) | . . . |
| 2 | 32.1*** (30.9, 33.2) | . . . |
| ≥ 3 | 33.8*** (32.6, 35.0) | . . . |
| Housing-quality need | ||
| No | 27.1 (26.6, 27.6) | 27.3 (26.8, 27.7) |
| Yes | 30.7*** (29.7, 31.7) | 28.0 (27.0, 29.0) |
| Housing-security need | ||
| No | 27.1 (26.6, 27.6) | 27.2 (26.7, 27.7) |
| Yes | 33.1*** (31.9, 34.3) | 29.8*** (28.6, 31.1) |
| Food-security need | ||
| No | 27.1 (26.6, 27.6) | 27.3 (26.8, 27.8) |
| Yes | 31.3*** (30.3, 32.3) | 26.8 (25.8, 27.8) |
| Utilities shut-off need | ||
| No | 27.2 (26.7, 27.7) | 27.2 (26.8, 27.7) |
| Yes | 32.4*** (30.9, 33.8) | 29.1** (27.6, 30.5) |
| Health care–transportation need | ||
| No | 26.9 (26.5, 27.4) | 27.0 (26.5, 27.4) |
| Yes | 36.0*** (34.8, 37.2) | 33.6*** (32.3, 34.9) |
| Health care–cost need | ||
| No | 27.1 (26.6, 27.6) | 27.2 (26.7, 27.7) |
| Yes | 34.2*** (32.8, 35.6) | 29.0** (27.6, 30.4) |
| Getting-along need | ||
| No | 27.2 (26.7, 27.7) | 27.2 (26.8, 27.7) |
| Yes | 31.8*** (30.5, 33.0) | 28.7* (27.4, 30.0) |
| Care need | ||
| No | 27.3 (26.8, 27.7) | 27.3 (26.8, 27.8) |
| Yes | 30.9*** (29.6, 32.2) | 27.9 (26.7, 29.2) |
| Legal need | ||
| No | 27.2 (26.7, 27.7) | 27.2 (26.8, 27.7) |
| Yes | 33.2*** (31.6, 34.7) | 28.9* (27.5, 30.3) |
| Safety need | ||
| No | 27.3 (26.8, 27.8) | 27.3 (26.8, 27.8) |
| Yes | 31.7*** (29.8, 33.6) | 27.2 (25.4, 29.0) |
Note. CI = confidence interval.
a
Sample size varies from n = 41 275 to n = 41 637; adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, preferred language, payer, area-based poverty, public housing status, and Elixhauser comorbidity score.
b
Sample size n = 40 450; model adjusted for each social need plus model 2 covariates.
*
P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001.