Enhancing Primary Care Experiences for Homeless Patients with Serious Mental Illness: Results from a National Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Patients experiencing homelessness (PEH) with serious mental illness (SMI) have poor satisfaction with primary care. We assessed if primary care teams tailored for homeless patients (Homeless-Patient Aligned Care Teams (H-PACTs)) provide this population with superior experiences than mainstream primary care and explored whether integrated behavioral health and social services were associated with favorable experiences.

Methods

We surveyed VA PEH with SMI (n = 1095) to capture the valence of their primary care experiences in 4 domains (Access/Coordination, Patient-Clinician Relationships, Cooperation, and Homeless-Specific Needs). We surveyed clinicians (n = 52) from 29 H-PACTs to elucidate if their clinics had embedded mental health, addiction, social work, and/or

SUBMITTER: Gabrielian S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7871055 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature