Table 3.

Legal Benefits Provided by the Medical Legal Partnership

Legal Benefit Provided*# Participants Benefitted (%)
Wills & Guardianship10 (27.8%)
Housing9 (25.0%)
Social Security6 (16.7%)
Employment & Education4 (11.1%)
Insurance3 (8.3%)
Food2 (5.6%)
Income1 (2.8%)
Other1 (2.8%)
  • *Includes 4 individuals who were not randomized due to health-harming legal needs that represented an immediate and significant risk. All four had legal issues related to evictions. Furthermore, 6 individuals received more than 1 legal benefit.