Table 2.

Clinician, Encounter, and Patient Characteristics of Card Surveys

CharacteristicsTotal Surveys, No. (%)
(N = 610)
SDOH Influenced Care, No. (%)
(n = 212)
SDOH Did Not Influence Care, No. (%)
(n = 398)
Clinicians
Credentials
  Physician127 (20.8)  28 (13.2)  99 (24.9)
  Advanced practice providera483 (79.2)184 (86.8)299 (75.1)
Sex
  Female547 (89.7)197 (92.9)350 (87.9)
  Male  63 (10.3)15 (7.1)  48 (12.1)
Encounters
Type
  In-person504 (82.6)179 (84.4)325 (81.7)
  Telehealth106 (17.4)  33 (15.6)  73 (18.3)
Reason for visit
  Acute care152 (24.9)  53 (25.0)  99 (24.9)
  Behavioral health 15 (2.5)  3 (1.4)  12 (3.0)
  Chronic condition113 (18.5)  33 (15.6)  80 (20.1)
  Hospital follow-up 21 (3.4) 13 (6.1)  8 (2.0)
  Routine care309 (50.7)110 (51.9)199 (50.0)
Insurance type
  Medicaid285 (46.7)101 (47.6)184 (46.2)
  Medicare132 (21.6)  33 (15.6)  99 (24.9)
  Private107 (17.5)  30 (14.2)  77 (19.3)
  Uninsured  86 (14.1)  48 (22.6)  38 (9.5)
SDOH in EHR at encounter?
  Yes166 (27.2)  85 (40.1)  81 (20.4)
  No444 (72.8)127 (59.9)317 (79.6)
Pre/post–COVID-19 pandemicb
  Pre318 (52.1)135 (63.7)183 (46.0)
  Post292 (47.9)  77 (36.3)215 (54.0)
Patients
Sex
  Female353 (57.9)109 (51.4)244 (61.3)
  Male257 (42.1)103 (48.6)154 (38.7)
Age, y
  0-10  14 (2.3)  10 (4.7)    4 (1.0)
  11-18  23 (3.8)    8 (3.8)  15 (3.8)
  19-29  79 (13.0)  23 (10.8)  56 (14.1)
  30-39102 (16.7)  29 (13.7)  73 (18.3)
  40-49108 (17.7)  46 (21.7)  62 (15.6)
  50-59131 (21.5)  52 (24.5)  79 (19.8)
  ≥60153 (25.1)  44 (20.8)109 (27.4)
Race/ethnicity
  Hispanic/Latine131 (21.5)  60 (28.3)  71 (17.8)
  Non-Hispanic White300 (49.2)  71 (33.5)229 (57.5)
  Non-Hispanic Black  82 (13.4)  38 (17.9)  44 (11.1)
  Non-Hispanic Asian  59 (9.7)  32 (15.1)  27 (6.8)
  Otherc  38 (6.2)  11 (5.2)  27 (6.8)
Preferred language
  English457 (74.9)124 (58.5)333 (83.7)
  Spanish  96 (15.7)  52 (24.5)  44 (11.1)
  Nepali  26 (4.3)  22 (10.4)    4 (1.0)
  Chinese  13 (2.1)    2 (0.9)  11 (2.8)
  All others  18 (3.0)  12 (5.7)    6 (1.5)
  • EHR = electronic health record; SDOH = social determinants of health.

  • a Nurse practitioner or physician assistant; 1 recruited clinician was a registered nurse.

  • b Pre–COVID-19 pandemic for surveys completed before March 2020, post–COVID-19 for surveys completed after March 2020. No surveys completed in March 2020.

  • c Other includes multiple races, American Indian, Alaska Native, or missing data.