TY - JOUR T1 - Patients’ Willingness to Accept Social Needs Navigation After In-Person versus Remote Screening JF - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine JO - J Am Board Fam Med DO - 10.3122/jabfm.2022.220259R1 SP - jabfm.2022.220259R1 AU - Anna Louise Steeves-Reece AU - Melinda Marie Davis AU - Jean Hiebert Larson AU - Zoe Major-McDowall AU - Anne Elizabeth King AU - Christina Nicolaidis AU - Bruce Goldberg AU - Dawn Michele Richardson AU - Stephan Lindner Y1 - 2023/03/03 UR - http://www.jabfm.org/content/early/2023/03/03/jabfm.2022.220259R1.abstract N2 - Background: Social needs screening and referral interventions are increasingly common in health care settings. Although remote screening offers a potentially more practical alternative to traditional in-person screening, there is concern that screening patients remotely could adversely affect patient engagement, including interest in accepting social needs navigation.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study using a multivariable logistic regression analysis and data from the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) model in Oregon. Participants were Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in the AHC model from October 2018 through December 2020. The outcome variable was patients’ willingness to accept social needs navigation assistance. We included an interaction term (total number of social needs + screening mode) to test whether in-person versus remote screening was an effect modifier.Results: The study included participants who screened positive for ≥1 social need(s); 43% were screened in person and 57% remotely. Overall, 71% of participants were willing to accept help with social needs. Neither screening mode nor interaction term were significantly associated with willingness to accept navigation assistance.Conclusions: Among patients presenting with similar numbers of social needs, results indicate that type of screening mode may not adversely affect patients’ willingness to accept health care–based navigation for social needs. ER -