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Implementation and Impact of an Online Tool Used in Primary Care to Improve Income Security

NCT02959866 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 59

Last updated 2019-09-27

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Summary

We will evaluate the acceptability, feasibility and impact of an online tool that helps patients identify financial benefits that they are entitled to at six clinic sites over a three month period. We will answer the following questions: Is an online tool that addresses income security feasible and acceptable to clinicians? Can such a tool be integrated into regular clinic workflow? What is the patient perspective on the tool and what is the short-term impact?

Conditions

  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Poverty
  • Social Isolation
  • Social Marginalization

Interventions

OTHER

online income tool

An online tool that uses information about the patient to develop a tailored list of financial benefits that they are eligible to apply for.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Unity Health Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andrew D Pinto, MD MSc · Unity Health Toronto

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-05-31
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2017-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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