ArticleBMC primary care2023
Burden of unmet health-related social needs in an academic adult primary care practice in San Francisco California.
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- Caring for dementia caregivers: How well does social risk screening reflect unmet needs?Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Trial
- Epidemiology of Health-Related Social Needs Screening and Positivity in a Multistate Health System.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Modeling Patients' Progression through Health-Related Social Needs.Applied clinical informatics · 2025Article
- Closing-the-loop: a novel care coordination tool to reduce maternal healthcare utilization postpartum and collaboratively build interventions to address community needs.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- National analysis of health-related social needs among adult injury survivors.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2025Article
- Health-related social needs screening, reporting, and assistance in a large health system.Preventive medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesUnmet health-related social needs can influence health outcomes and increase healthcare utilization. There is growing interest in integrating social needs care into healthcare delivery. We conducted an assessment of health-related social needs in an academic adult primary care practice in San Francisco, California.
methodsWe recruited a random convenience sample of adult English-, Chinese- or Spanish-speaking patients from clinic waiting rooms at the study sites to complete a self-administered, anonymous survey. We used the Accountable Health Communities Health-Related Social Needs Screening Tool for these domains: housing instability, food insecurity, transportation problems, utility help needs, interpersonal safety, financial strain, and family/community support. We conducted univariate and multivariate analyses adjusting for age, sex and survey language.
results679 patients completed the survey. Respondents were 57% female and mean age of 58 ± 18 years old. 54% of patients had at least one unmet health-related social need. The most prevalent health-related social needs were financial strain (35%), at least one issue with housing conditions (27%), and food insecurity (23%). Respondents completing the survey in Spanish had significantly higher odds of reporting food insecurity (AOR 3.97, 95%CI 1.86, 8.46), transportation problems (AOR 3.13, 95%CI 1.32, 7.43), and need for support with activities of daily living (AOR 4.58, 95%CI 2.04, 10.25) than respondents completing the survey in English.
conclusionsThe burden of unmet health-related social needs was considerable in this adult primary care practice. These findings can support a case for integrating health-related social need screening and social care in the delivery of primary care in the United States to advance health equity.
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