The Perceived Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Social Needs of Adult Emergency Department Patients

OBJECTIVES: We aim to assess the influence of COVID-19 on the social needs of emergency department (ED) patients, and assess patients' access to social services. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 175 purposively sampled adult ED patients. RESULTS: Approximately half of participa...

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Autores principales: Gallagher, Timothy H., Doran, Kelly M., Samuels, Elizabeth A., McCormack, Ryan P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2022
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36186619
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2022.0015
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description OBJECTIVES: We aim to assess the influence of COVID-19 on the social needs of emergency department (ED) patients, and assess patients' access to social services. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 175 purposively sampled adult ED patients. RESULTS: Approximately half of participants stated that COVID-19 negatively impacted their social needs with statistically significant differences observed for race, ethnicity, and insurance status. Many participants did not know of available social services, and a majority welcomed assistance from the ED. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that unmet social needs have risen because of COVID-19, and EDs may be positioned to identify and assist affected patients.
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spelling pubmed-95188082022-09-29 The Perceived Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Social Needs of Adult Emergency Department Patients Gallagher, Timothy H. Doran, Kelly M. Samuels, Elizabeth A. McCormack, Ryan P. Health Equity Short Report OBJECTIVES: We aim to assess the influence of COVID-19 on the social needs of emergency department (ED) patients, and assess patients' access to social services. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 175 purposively sampled adult ED patients. RESULTS: Approximately half of participants stated that COVID-19 negatively impacted their social needs with statistically significant differences observed for race, ethnicity, and insurance status. Many participants did not know of available social services, and a majority welcomed assistance from the ED. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that unmet social needs have risen because of COVID-19, and EDs may be positioned to identify and assist affected patients. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2022-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9518808/ /pubmed/36186619 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2022.0015 Text en © Timothy H. Gallagher et al., 2022; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License [CC-BY] (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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