Exploratory study of “real world” implementation of a clinical poverty tool in diverse family medicine and pediatric care settings

Table 1 Implementation sites for clinical poverty tool

Setting	Sites	Scope of care	Patient population	Number of providers recruited
Community Health Centre^a	1 urban site 1 site targeting addictions and homeless adults 1 rural site	General family medicine, targeted addictions care	All, focus on patients with low socioeconomic status	5 physicians 2 nurse practitioners
Family Health Team^b	1 academic family health team 1 non-academic family health team	General family medicine	All	3 physicians 1 nurse practitioner
Family medicine	1 private fee-for-service practice with focus on vulnerable populations	Prenatal care, addictions medicine	Pregnant patients, patients experiencing addictions	1 physician
Pediatric inpatient	3 pediatric inpatient units 1 neonatal intensive care unit	General inpatient pediatrics, critical care pediatrics, well newborn service, neonatal intensive care	Well newborns, ill newborns and children up to 18 years of age	4 physicians (3 overlapping with outpatient pediatrics)
Pediatric outpatient	1 children’s outpatient centre 1 developmental clinic	General pediatrics, specialty pediatrics (genetics, respirology, neurology, infectious disease), urgent care pediatrics, developmental pediatrics	Infants and children up to 18 years of age	9 physicians (3 overlapping with inpatient pediatrics)

^a Community Health Centres are community-governed primary health care organizations staffed by interdisciplinary teams. They focus on health promotion and community development programs to reduce the negative impacts of social and environmental factors on health
^b Family Health Teams consist of doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers, dietitians, and other health care professionals who work collaboratively to deliver patient-centred care in Ontario

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