Homelessness at discharge and its impact on psychiatric readmission and physician follow-up: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

A significant proportion of adults who are admitted to psychiatric hospitals are homeless, yet little is known about their outcomes after a psychiatric hospitalisation discharge. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of being homeless at the time of psychiatric hospitalisation discharge on psychiatric hospital readmission, mental health-related emergency department (ED) visits and physician-based outpatient care.

Methods

This was a population-based cohort study using health administrative databases. All patients discharged from a psychiatric hospitalisation in Ontario, Canada, between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2014 (N = 91 028) were included and categorised as homeless or non-homeless at the time of discharge. Psychiatric hospitalisation readmission rates, ment

SUBMITTER: Laliberte V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8061292 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature