Table 1.

Demographics, Utilization, and Health-Related Social Need Presence of Adult Primary Care Patients, Indiana

TotalCluster 1 High HRSNsCluster 2 Housing dominantCluster 3 Food dominantCluster 4 Low HRSNs
n = 1252n = 370n = 291n = 108n = 483
Demographicsn%n%n%n%n%p
Gender
 Woman82165.5825568.9218663.927064.8131064.180.452
Race/ethnicity
 Asian252.0041.0862.0600.00153.110.002
 Black, non-Hispanic60248.0819652.9715352.585550.9319840.99
 Hispanic947.51236.22258.591211.11347.04
 White, non-Hispanic44235.3011831.898428.873128.7020943.27
 Multiple292.3292.4393.0932.7881.66
 Other/unknown604.79205.41144.8176.48193.93
 Age (mean, sd)48.1016.8947.8016.5345.8416.0047.4214.7249.8317.960.014
 Children (<18) in household47638.0213837.3012041.244743.5217135.400.246
 Preferred language not English29123.246818.388228.182624.0711523.810.029
 Education < high school equivalent1249.906016.22279.281513.89224.55<0.001
Utilization1
 Inpatient admissions (mean, sd)0.150.680.271.080.100.420.110.390.090.380.004
 ED visits (mean, sd)0.631.431.091.950.571.280.530.930.330.98<0.001
 Primary care visits (mean, sd)4.984.415.905.164.974.464.934.384.293.56<0.001
 Elixhauser comorbidity index2.642.603.363.122.352.322.892.422.222.30<0.001
Health-related social needs2
 Housing instability53342.5724766.7628698.2800.0000.00<0.001
 Financial strain45236.1021157.0313847.425752.78469.52<0.001
 Transportation barrier37930.27370100.0000.0065.5630.62<0.001
 Food insecurity54043.1327774.8615553.26108100.0000.00<0.001
 Unemployment16313.0210327.843311.341312.04142.90<0.001
 Legal problems16112.867520.274114.091917.59265.38<0.001
  • 1Prior 12 months.

  • 2Per survey response.

  • Abbreviations: HRSN, Health-Related Social Needs; ED, Emergency department; SD, Social determinants.