Haeyeon Hong, Kalpana Narayan Shankar, Andrew Thompson, Pablo Buitron De La Vega, Rashmi Koul, Emily C Cleveland Manchanda, Sorraya Jaiprasert, Samantha Roberts, Tyler Pina, Emily Anderson, Jessica Lin, Gabrielle A Jacquet
INTRODUCTION: Social determinants of health (SDoH) impact patients' health outcomes, yet screening methods in emergency departments (ED) are not consistent or standardized. The SDoH-related health disparities may have widened during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, especially among patients who primarily receive their medical care in EDs. We sought to identify SDoH among ED urgent care patients during the COVID-19 pandemic at an urban safety-net hospital, assess the impact of the pandemic on their SDoH, study the feasibility of SDoH screening and resource referrals, and identify preferred methods of resource referrals and barriers to accessing resources...
July 17, 2023: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine