RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Patient Interest in Receiving Assistance with Self-Reported Social Risks
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 914
OP 924
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2021.05.210069
VO 34
IS 5
A1 Inga Gruß
A1 Alexandra Varga
A1 Neon Brooks
A1 Rachel Gold
A1 Matthew P. Banegas
YR 2021
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/34/5/914.abstract
AB Objectives: This study evaluated how often patients who reported social risk factors requested assistance with these risks in an integrated health system.Methods: We examined how self-reports of risk related to stated desire for help with that risk reported during social risk screenings at Kaiser Permanente Northwest (KPNW). We examined how patient characteristics were associated with desire for help with each social risk domain using logistic regression.Results: Approximately 24% (n = 7,807) of the 32,865 KPNW members aged ≥ 18 years who were screened between June 1, 2017, and December 31, 2019, reported at least 1 social risk. More than half of patients who reported a risk were risk/help concordant (i.e., they also wanted help with that risk). The highest concordance (81.7%) was observed among patients reporting medical financial hardship. Several demographic, health, and other factors were associated with concordance across domains.Conclusions: Patients do not request assistance for all reported social needs. Our findings could help shape future work examining patients' reasons for not accepting assistance and developing interventions to help patients with high social risk more effectively.