Reducing hospital readmissions amongst people experiencing homelessness: a mixed-methods evaluation of a multi-disciplinary hospital in-reach programme.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

People experiencing homelessness are at increased risk of experiencing ill-health. They are often readmitted to hospital after discharge, usually for the same or similar reasons for initial hospitalisation. One way of addressing this issue is through hospital in-reach initiatives, which have been established to enhance the treatment and discharge pathways that patients identified as homeless receive after hospital admission. Since 2020, the Hospital In-reach programme (which involves targeted clinical interventions and structured discharge support) has been piloted in two large National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in Edinburgh, United Kingdom (UK). This study describes an evaluation of the programme.

Methods

This evaluation used a mixed method, pre-post desig

SUBMITTER: Malden S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10258765 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature