Characteristics of Patients Who Reported Barriers to Access (n = 366)
Patient Characteristic | Patient Sample, % (n) |
---|---|
Age, med. (Q1 – Q3) | 51.4 (42.0–58.9) |
Sex | |
Female | 66.2 (231) |
Male | 33.8 (118) |
Race/Ethnicity | |
Black, non-Hispanic | 48.9 (163) |
White, non-Hispanic | 9.6 (32) |
Hispanic* | 41.2 (148) |
Primary language | |
English | 62.0 (227) |
Spanish | 37.7 (138) |
Other | 0.3 (1) |
Highest level of education | |
Less than high school | 36.7 (125) |
High school or GED | 37.0 (126) |
More than high school | 26.4 (90) |
Work situation | |
Full-time | 14.7 (53) |
Part-time | 15.0 (54) |
Unemployed, seeking work | 41.0 (148) |
Unemployed, not seeking work | 29.4 (106) |
Main insurance | |
Uninsured | 71.8 (262) |
Medicaid | 11.5 (42) |
Medicare | 11.2 (41) |
Other public | 4.7 (17) |
Private | 0.8 (3) |
Unmet social needs documented | |
Housing | 44.3 (159) |
Access to medicine or healthcare | 41.9 (152) |
Food | 39.4 (143) |
High stress | 39.2 (142) |
Social isolation | 32.0 (116) |
Transportation | 22.7 (82) |
Utilities | 21.2 (77) |
Safety at residence | 6.9 (25) |
Afraid of partner | 3.9 (14) |
Number of received referrals, med. (Q1 – Q3) | 2 (1–3) |
Category of received referrals | |
Access to medicine or healthcare | 49.7 (182) |
Food | 41.5 (152) |
Financial assistance | 35.8 (131) |
Social or emotional health | 22.7 (83) |
Transportation | 12.8 (47) |
Housing | 9.8 (36) |
Other | 11.5 (42) |
Connection status with referral at 2-weeks | |
Started services with a resource | 19.8 (71) |
In process of starting services with a resource | 17.8 (64) |
Contact attempted with at least one resource | 15.3 (55) |
Contact not attempted with any resources | 47.1 (169) |
↵* Missing data for race was observed.