Trends, Causes, and Outcomes of Hospitalizations for Homeless Individuals: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In the United States, an estimated 553,000 people are homeless on any given night. Few data provide large-scale, contemporary insight with regard to recent patterns of acute illness in this vulnerable population. We evaluated patterns, causes, and outcomes of acute hospitalization among homeless persons compared with a demographics-standardized and risk-standardized nonhomeless cohort.

Methods

Retrospective study comparing 185,292 hospitalizations for homeless individuals and 32,322,569 hospitalizations for demographics-standardized nonhomeless individuals between 2007 and 2013 in Massachusetts, Florida, and California. Annual hospitalization rates for homeless persons were calculated and causes of hospitalization were compared with a demographics-standardized non

SUBMITTER: Wadhera RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7131970 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature