Assessing Differences in Social Determinants of Health Screening Rates in a Large, Urban Safety-Net Health System.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction/objective

Previous studies have evaluated the implementation of standardized social determinants of health (SDOH) screening within healthcare settings, however, less is known about where screening gaps may exist following initial implementation based on facility characteristics. The objective of this study is to assess differences in screening rates for SDOH at a large, urban healthcare system.

Methods

We used electronic health record data obtained from NYC Health + Hospitals primary care sites from 2019 to 2022. We calculated the mean number of visits that were SDOH screened by visit type, facility size, and the percentages of community characteristics. We conducted 4 logistic regression models predicting the odds of screening for any SDOH and for specific SDOH

SUBMITTER: Lindenfeld Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10624082 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature