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Table 4 Summary of social factors identified, billed and coded

From: Community health center provider ability to identify, treat and account for the social determinants of health: a card study

Indicator

Count

Provided service

Billing code

Diagnosis code

Educational limitations

234

104 (44.4 %)

2 (0.9 %)

5 (2.1 %)

Language barrier

176

60 (34.1 %)

3 (1.7 %)

3 (1.7 %)

Family care demands

144

67 (46.5 %)

5 (3.5 %)

34 (23.6 %)

Poverty

141

24 (17.0 %)

1 (0.7 %)

5 (3.5 %)

Unstable work schedule

132

21 (15.9 %)

1 (0.8 %)

2 (1.5 %)

Transportation issues

122

51 (41.8 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

Near poverty

99

17 (17.2 %)

1 (1.0 %)

3 (3.0 %)

Lack of insurancea

86

15 (17.4 %)

0 (0.0 %)

3 (3.5 %)

Homelessnessa

68

3 (4.4 %)

0 (0.0 %)

13 (19.1 %)

Food insecurity

67

40 (59.7 %)

1 (1.5 %)

29 (43.3 %)

Other

67

26 (38.8 %)

2 (3.0 %)

2 (3.0 %)

Immigrant status

66

9 (13.6 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (1.5 %)

Cultural beliefs

60

24 (40.0 %)

3 (5.0 %)

2 (3.3 %)

Unstable housinga

55

6 (10.9 %)

0 (0.0 %)

4 (7.3 %)

Neighborhood safety

48

24 (50.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

2 (4.2 %)

Migrant status

19

2 (10.5 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

Total

1584

493 (31.1 %)

19 (1.2 %)

108 (6.8 %)

  1. Table 4 shows a summary of the SDH factors identified, billed and coded by providers
  2. aThese factors were not included in the California study card