Table 3.
Patient and practice characteristics associated with expressing social needs, with and without social risk factors on health-related social needs (HRSN) screening
| Social Needs with Social Risks Factors | Social Needs without Social Risk Factors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR | CI | P-value | PR | CI | P-value | |
| Age | ||||||
| Adult (≥ 19 years) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pediatric (0–18 years) | 0.9 | 0.9–1.0 | 0.03 | 0.8 | 0.7–1.0 | 0.02 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Female | 1.1 | 1.0–1.1 | 0.03 | 1.0 | 0.9–1.2 | 0.53 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| NH White | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| NH Black | 1.4 | 1.4–1.5 | < 0.001 | 2.1 | 1.7–2.6 | < 0.001 |
| Hispanic | 1.3 | 1.2–1.4 | < 0.001 | 1.8 | 1.5–2.3 | < 0.001 |
| NH other race | 1.2 | 1.2–1.3 | < 0.001 | 1.5 | 1.2–2.0 | 0.001 |
| Primary language | ||||||
| English | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Spanish | 1.1 | 1.1–1.2 | < 0.001 | 1.2 | 0.9–1.5 | 0.19 |
| Other language | 1.1 | 1.0–1.2 | 0.03 | 1.4 | 1.0–1.9 | 0.08 |
| Number of social risks | ||||||
| < 3 social risks | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ≥ 3 social risks | 2.1 | 2.0–2.2 | < 0.001 | – | – | – |
| Practice level LEP | ||||||
| Quartile 1 practice LEP | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Quartile 2 practice LEP | 1.2 | 1.1–1.4 | 0.001 | 1.1 | 0.8–1.4 | 0.68 |
| Quartile 3 practice LEP | 1.3 | 1.2–1.5 | < 0.001 | 1.5 | 1.2–2.0 | 0.002 |
| Quartile 4 practice LEP | 1.4 | 1.3–1.6 | < 0.001 | 1.4 | 1.2–1.8 | 0.002 |
Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, LEP Limited English proficiency, NH Non-Hispanic, PR Prevalence ratio