Addressing basic resource needs to improve primary care quality: a community collaboration programme
Addressing basic resource needs to improve primary care quality: a community collaboration programme Seth A Berkowitz 1 , A Catherine Hulberg 1 , Clemens Hong 1 , Brian J Stowell 1 , Karen J Tirozzi 1 , Carine Y Traore 1 , Steven J Atlas 1 Affiliations expand PMID: 26621916 DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004521 Abstract Background: Unmet basic resource needs, such as difficulty affording healthcare, medications, food and housing, may contribute to worse healthcare quality indicators, but interventions are hampered by lack of specific knowledge regarding the distribution of unmet basic resource needs and their association with priority clinical conditions and health service use patterns. Methods: Cross-sectional study of primary care patients in two urban academic practices from 1 October 2013 to 30 April 2014. Patients were screened for unmet needs and enrolled in a program to link them with community resources. Key measures included patient report of unmet basic re