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ArticleJournal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM2025

Clusters of Health-Related Social Needs Among Adult Primary Care Patients.

Joshua R Vest, Wei Wu, Kyaien Conner

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Article in Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Joshua R VestFrom the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health - Indianapolis, Regenstrief Institute, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Indianapolis, IN (JRV); Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN (WW); School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (KC). joshvest@iu.edu.
Wei WuFrom the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health - Indianapolis, Regenstrief Institute, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Indianapolis, IN (JRV); Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN (WW); School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (KC).
Kyaien ConnerFrom the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health - Indianapolis, Regenstrief Institute, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Indianapolis, IN (JRV); Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN (WW); School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (KC).

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AHRQ HHS R01 HS028636
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPatients frequently report multiple health-related social needs (HRSNs) at the same time. This study aimed to identify clusters of co-occurring HRSNs in an adult primary care population.

methodsWe surveyed 1252 adult (>=18) primary care patients in Indianapolis, IN. Subjects completed surveys in person at 1 of 3 sites operated by 2 different health systems. Data collection was offered in both English and Spanish. Surveys comprised previously published and validated instruments covering housing instability, financial strain, food insecurity, transportation barriers, unemployment, and legal problems.

resultsWe identified 4 underlying clusters of HRSNs within the patient population using Complete-Linkage Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering: "low HRSNs" (38.6%), "high HRSNs" (29.6%), "housing dominant" (23.2%), and "food dominant" (8.6%). The high HRSNs cluster had higher average comorbidity scores ( DISCUSSION: As health care organizations increasingly focus on HRSNs as an approach to reducing costs and improving health of patients, these findings indicate that organizational strategies and actions should consider the interrelated and co-occurring nature of HRSNs. To support a large number of patients, strategies should support multiple HRSNs.

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Health Services Needs and DemandNeeds AssessmentPrimary Health CareAdultAgedCluster AnalysisFemaleFood InsecurityHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultCluster AnalysisHealth PolicyPrimary Health CarePublic HealthScreeningSocial CareSocial Determinants of HealthSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMCPMC12096377

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