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. 2020 May 1;98(11):754–765B. doi: 10.2471/BLT.19.248278

Table 3. Source of individual- and population-level data and types of actions by primary care organizations involved in assessing and addressing the social determinants of health.

Study Sources of individual-level data Sources of population-level data Types of action
Institute of Medicine, 198437 Unclear Unclear Not reported
Institute of Medicine, 198438 Unclear Unclear Not reported
Institute of Medicine, 198439 Patient or proxy in a clinic (unspecified setting) Not collected New services for specific subgroups
New non-health services
Introduction of new legislation or policies
Institute of Medicine,198440 Patient or proxy in clinic waiting room. Home visits Not collected New services for specific subgroups
New non-health services
Institute of Medicine,198441 Household visits Unclear Not reported
Tollman,199442 Home visits. Individuals in clinics Unclear Individual-focused interventions.
New non-clinical services
Williams & Jaén, 200043 Patient or proxy telephone interviews Not collected New services for specific subgroups
Fone et al., 200244 Not collected Administrative data: held by another agency, not publicly available New clinical services that benefit the entire community
New representation in policy and planning processes
Horne and Costello, 200345 Key informant interviews.
Focus groups
Administrative data: unclear New services for specific subgroups
New clinical services that benefit the entire community
New non-health services
New representation in policy and planning processes
Bam et al., 201346 Household visits Not collected Not reported
Hardt et al., 201347 Not collected Publicly available data and non-publicly available held by other agencies New clinical services that benefit the entire community
New integrated health and social services
Introduction of new legislation or policies
Gottlieb et al. 201548 Patient or proxy in a clinic (unspecified setting) Not collected Individual-focused interventions
Jinabhai et al., 201549 Individuals in clinics.
Household visits
Not collected Individual-focused interventions. New clinical services that benefit the entire community
New integrated health and social services.
New non-health services
New representation in policy and planning processes
Page-Reeves et al., 201650 Patient or proxy in a clinic (unspecified setting) Not collected Individual-focused interventions.
New clinical services that benefit the entire community
Introduction of new legislation or policies
Pinto et al., 201651 Patient or proxy in a clinic waiting room Not collected Introduction of new legislation or policies
Lofters et al., 201752 Patient or proxy in a clinic waiting room Non-publicly available data held by other agencies Not reported
Pinto & Bloch, 201753 Patient or proxy in a clinic waiting room Not collected Not reported