Income Support Needs and Bedside Legal Assistance for Patients Recovering From Violent Injuries.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Economic exclusion is a structural disadvantage that is challenging to address in violence reduction and recovery programs. Medical-legal partnership (MLP) is an effective practice for addressing poverty and increasing access to income support and other public benefits programs.

Objective

To examine the legal needs and access to public benefits among patients enrolled in Recovery Legal Care, a bedside MLP that supports patients recovering from violent injuries.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study involved patients recovering from violent injuries at an academic level 1 trauma center in Chicago, Illinois, who were enrolled in the Recovery Legal Care program and underwent legal needs screening and assessment from November 16, 2022, to November

SUBMITTER: Tung EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12531874 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature