Comparing health care system and physician practice influences on social risk screening.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health care systems can support dissemination of innovations, such as social risk screening in physician practices, but to date, no studies have examined the association of health system characteristics and practice-level adoption of social risk screening.

Purpose

The aim of the study was to examine the association of multilevel organizational capabilities and adoption of social risk screening among system-owned physician practices.

Methodology

Secondary analyses of the 2018 National Survey of Healthcare Organizations and Systems were conducted. Multilevel linear regression models examined physician practice and system characteristics associated with practice adoption of screening for five social risks (food insecurity, housing instability, utility needs, i

SUBMITTER: Frehn JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9646465 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Mar 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature