The prevalence of social care in US health care settings depends on how and whom you ask.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite unprecedented enthusiasm for integrating social risk screening and related interventions into US health care settings, we know relatively little about the extent to which these activities occur. We reviewed results from multiple national surveys that reported on the prevalence of social care activities.

Methods

We used snowball sampling to solicit input from 29 expert informants who were asked to share any knowledge about survey instruments that included questions on the prevalence of social care-related activities conducted in health care settings. We subsequently ran web searches on recommended surveys to identify those fielded with a national sample and conducted between Jan 1, 2007 and May 31, 2019. Finally, we analyzed and compared results across surv

SUBMITTER: Cartier Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7260787 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature