Non-response Bias in Social Risk Factor Screening Among Adult Emergency Department Patients

• Published in: Journal of medical systems Vol. 47; no. 1; p. 78
• Main Authors: Vest, Joshua R, Mazurenko, Olena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 22.07.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Documentation; Emergency medical care; Emergency medical services; Emergency response; Emergency Service, Hospital; Health Informatics; Health Sciences; Humans; Language; Logistic Models; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Natural Language Processing; Original Paper; Patients; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Regression models; Response bias; Risk factors; Social factors; Statistical analysis; Statistics for Life Sciences; Surveys; Social determinants of health; Emergency department; Bias

Healthcare organizations increasingly use screening questionnaires to assess patients’ social factors, but non-response may contribute to selection bias. This study assessed differences between respondents and those refusing participation in a social factor screening. We used a cross-sectional appro...