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. 2022 Jul 28;29:101935. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101935

Table 2.

Multinomial Regression Results – SDOH Need Level by Patient Characteristic.

1 SDOH Need 2 SDOH Needs 3 SDOH Needs
Gender Male ref ref ref
Female 1.294 (0.75, 2.231) 1.332 (0.808, 2.194) 1.235 (0.738, 2.067)



Age Group 18–45 ref ref ref
46–64 1.885 (0.893, 3.977) 1.189 (0.64, 2.21) 1.328 (0.7, 2.518)
65–74 1.885 (0.701, 5.07) 0.641 (0.255, 1.613) 0.84 (0.322, 2.193)
75 and older 0.891 (0.269, 2.951) 0.588 (0.211, 1.643) 0.621 (0.186, 2.072)



Race/Ethnicity^ White ref ref ref
Non-Hispanic Black 2.216** (1.17, 4.194) 1.55 (0.888, 2.718) 1.848* (1.017, 3.36)



Insurance Private ref ref ref
Medicaid 2.17 (0.994, 4.743) 2.388** (1.135, 5.025) 5.23** (2.24, 12.195)
Medicare 0.926 (0.407, 2.11) 1.331 (0.616, 2.877) 1.993 (0.8, 4.967)
Other Payer 0.651 (0.125, 3.382) 1.494 (0.408, 5.464) 1.66 (0.371, 7.415)



High-Risk Neighborhood Yes 0.681 (0.396, 1.172) 0.926 (0.565, 1.518) 0.825 (0.495, 1.376)
No ref ref ref



Designated PCP Yes ref ref ref
No 2.049* (1.07, 3.922) 0.834 (0.415, 1.673) 1.339 (0.704, 2.547)



Substance Use Disorder Yes 0.873 (0.48, 1.587) 1.296 (0.765, 2.195) 3.195** (1.85, 5.53)
No ref ref ref



Comorbidities Cardiac Disease 1.008 (0.494, 2.056) 1.423 (0.784, 2.58) 1.375 (0.743, 2.544)
No Cardiac Disease ref ref ref



Diabetes 1.94 (0.832, 4.527) 0.852 (0.379, 1.918) 0.936 (0.405, 2.164)
No Diabetes ref ref ref



Mental Health 0.396 (0.111, 1.412) 1.799 (0.872, 3.711) 1.283 (0.592, 2.777)
No Mental Health ref ref ref



Sepsis/Septicemia 1.015 (0.38, 2.708) 0.576 (0.187, 1.772) 2.163 (0.945, 4.953)
No Sepsis/Septicemia ref ref ref



Case Mix Index High 0.994 (0.511, 1.931) 1.098 (0.593, 2.032) 1.321 (0.71, 2.46)
Low ref ref ref

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; Male, age 18–45, white, privately insured, Other Zip Code, had a PCP, no SUD history, no cardiac disease, no diabetes, no mental health history, no sepsis, and low case mix were the reference groups. ^Patients in the Other race/ethnicity group were excluded from regression analysis due to small screening (n = 24).