Association of homelessness and psychiatric hospital readmission-a retrospective cohort study 2016-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A large proportion of adult psychiatric inpatients experience homelessness and are often discharged to unstable accommodation or the street. It is unclear whether homelessness impacts psychiatric hospital readmission. Our primary objective was to examine the association between homelessness and risk for 30-day and 90-day readmission following discharge from a psychiatric unit at a single urban hospital.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study involving health administrative data among individuals (n = 3907) in Vancouver, Canada with an acute psychiatric admission between January 2016 and December 2020. Participants were followed from the date of index admission until censoring (December 30, 2020). Homelessness was measured at index admission and treated as a time-var

SUBMITTER: Russolillo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10288711 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature