Skip to main content

Table 4 Patient and practice characteristics associated with expressing social need in domains concordant and discordant with social risk factors on health-related social needs (HRSN) screening

From: Prevalence of social risk factors and social needs in a Medicaid Accountable Care Organization (ACO)

 

Social Need in Concordant Domain

Social Need in Discordant Domain

PR

CI

P-value

PR

CI

P-value

Age

 Adult (≥ 19 years)

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Pediatric (0–18 years)

0.9

0.9–1.0

0.02

1.0

0.9–1.1

0.66

Sex

 Male

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Female

1.1

1.0–1.2

0.01

1.0

0.9–1.1

0.64

Race/ethnicity

 NH White

–

–

–

–

–

–

 NH Black

1.5

1.4–1.6

 < 0.001

1.4

1.2–1.6

 < 0.001

 Hispanic

1.3

1.2–1.4

 < 0.001

1.2

1.0–1.4

0.09

 NH other race

1.3

1.2–1.4

 < 0.001

1.2

0.9–1.4

0.17

Primary language

 English

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Spanish

1.0

1.0–1.1

0.40

1.6

1.3–1.9

 < 0.001

 Other language

1.0

0.9–1.1

0.97

1.5

1.2–1.8

0.001

Number of social risks

  < 3 social risks

–

–

–

–

–

–

  ≥ 3 social risks

3.0

2.8–3.1

 < 0.001

0.6

0.5–0.7

 < 0.001

Practice level LEP

 Quartile 1 practice LEP

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Quartile 2 practice LEP

1.2

1.1–1.4

0.002

1.3

1.0–1.7

0.09

 Quartile 3 practice LEP

1.3

1.2–1.5

 < 0.001

1.3

1.0–1.7

0.04

 Quartile 4 practice LEP

1.4

1.3–1.6

 < 0.001

1.4

1.1–1.8

0.006

  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, LEP Limited English proficiency, NH Non-Hispanic, PR Prevalence ratio