Table 1.

Tablet-Based Unmet Social Need Questionnaire

Food security

1. Within in the past 12 months, you worried that your food would run out before you got money to buy more.

[] Often true

[] Sometime true

[] Never true

2. Within in the past 12 months, the food you bought just didn't last and you didn't have money to get more.

[] Often true

[] Sometime true

[] Never true

Housing

3. What is your housing situation today?

[] I do not have housing (I am staying with others, in a hotel, in a shelter, living outside on the street, on a beach, in a car, abandoned building, bus or train station, or in a park)

[] I have housing today, but I am worried about losing housing in the future.

[] I have housing

4. Think about the place you live. Do you have problems with any of the following? (check all that apply)

[] Bug infestation

[] Mold

[] Lead paint or pipes

[] Inadequate heat

[] Oven or stove not working

[] No or not working smoking detectors

[] Water leaks

[] None

Transportation

5. Within the past 12 months, has lack of transportation kept you from medical appointments or from doing things needed for daily living?

[] Yes

[] No

Questions included in tablet-based digital health system. A response of “sometimes true” or “often true” to either food insecurity question was considered a positive screen. Patients were considered to have a positive screen for problems with housing if they responded to the first question with any response other than “I have housing” or “none” to the second housing question. Patients were considered to have a positive screen for lack of transportation if they responded “yes” to the transportation question.