Outcomes for people experiencing homelessness with COVID-19 presenting to emergency departments in Canada, compared with housed patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether people experiencing homelessness (PEH) have different COVID-19 outcomes than housed patients in Canada remains unclear. We sought to ascertain whether rates of in-hospital mortality, hospital admission, critical care admission, and mechanical ventilation differed between PEH and housed people with symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Methods

We conducted a propensity score-matched cohort study to compare the outcomes of PEH and housed patients presenting to emergency departments for acute symptomatic COVID-19. We used data from the Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) registry. Covariates in our propensity score model included age, sex, comorbidities, substance use, vaccination status, previous do-not-resuscitate documentati

SUBMITTER: Li SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11908794 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature