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Table 1 Feasibility outcomes according to the RE-AIM Framework

From: Implementation of targeted screening for poverty in a large primary care team in Toronto, Canada: a feasibility study

Reach

Number and percentage of all eligible patients with a visit over the six month period; number and percentage with a visit that were screened (screening)

509/852 (60%); 128/509 (25%)

Effectiveness

Number and percentage of patients screening positive; number having filed tax return (screening)

25/128 (20%); 25/25 (100%)

 

Impact of the intervention on income; for this phase, we tested ability to collect income information through number and percentage of patients seen by the case worker with information available (intervention to address poverty)

8/8 (100%)

Adoption

Number and percentage of eligible physicians that participated in the program (screening)

34/86 (39%)

Implementation

Number of and percentage of charts labeled with alerts (screening)

852/27,290 (3%)

 

Number and percentage of patients screening positive that were referred to the Case Worker (intervention to address poverty)

13/25 (52%)

 

Number and percentage of patients that saw a case worker out of those referred; number and percentage out of all patients flagged (intervention to address poverty)

8/13 (62%); 8/852 (1%)