Evaluating the Impact of a Critical Time Intervention Adaptation on Health Care Utilization among Homeless Adults with Mental Health Needs in a Large Urban Center.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study evaluated the impact of a critical time intervention (CTI) adaptation on health care utilization outcomes among adults experiencing homelessness and mental health needs in a large urban center.

Methods

Provincial population-based administrative data from Ontario, Canada, were used in a pre-post design for a cohort of 197 individuals who received the intervention between January 2013 and May 2014 and were matched to a cohort of adults experiencing homelessness who did not receive the intervention over the same time period. Changes in health care utilization outcomes in the year pre- and postintervention were evaluated using generalized estimating equations, and post hoc analyses evaluated differences between groups.

Results

Pre-post analyses reveal

SUBMITTER: Reid N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8811242 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature