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Table 2 Participants expressing social needs vs. no social needs

From: Integrating social determinants of health screening and referral during routine emergency department care: evaluation of reach and implementation challenges

 

No needs

One or more needs

Total

p value

Characteristic

N = 1497

N = 1324

N = 2821a

 

Age in years (SD)

47.1 (19.4)

41.2 (15.2)

44.4 (17.8)

< 0.001

Gender

   

0.136

 Female

820 (56.4%)

679 (53.5%)

1499 (55.0%)

 

 Male

635 (43.6%)

590 (46.5%)

1225 (45.0%)

 

Ethnic background

   

< 0.001

 Chose not to disclose

12 (0.8%)

8 (0.6%)

20 (0.7%)

 

 Hispanic/Latino

158 (10.9%)

229 (18.1%)

387 (14.2%)

 

 Not Hispanic/Latino

1283 (88.3%)

1030 (81.3%)

2313 (85.0%)

 

Race

   

< 0.001

 American Indian and Alaska Native

9 (0.6%)

20 (1.6%)

29 (1.1%)

 

 Asian

41 (2.8%)

11 (0.9%)

52 (1.9%)

 

 Black or African American

35 (2.4%)

72 (5.7%)

107 (3.9%)

 

 Choose not to disclose

5 (0.3%)

7 (0.6%)

12 (0.4%)

 

 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander

25 (1.7%)

19 (1.5%)

44 (1.6%)

 

 Others

135 (9.3%)

198 (15.6%)

333 (12.2%)

 

 White or Caucasian

1203 (82.8%)

940 (74.2%)

2143 (78.8%)

 
  1. aOverall missing demographic data = 3.5%