Differential associations of homelessness with emergency department visits and hospitalizations by race, ethnicity, and gender.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the differential associations of homelessness with emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations by race, ethnicity, and gender.

Data sources

California Medicaid enrollment and claims.

Study design

We identified beneficiaries experiencing homelessness (BEH) and those who did not (NBEH) using diagnosis and place of service codes and residential addresses. Outcomes include four ED visit measures and four hospitalization measures. We compared the use of these services by BEH to NBEH overall and by race, ethnicity, and gender groups in regression models controlling for covariates.

Data collection

We used a sample of Medicaid beneficiaries who met eligibility criteria for a California Medicaid demonstration program in 2017 and 2018 b

SUBMITTER: Yue D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9660436 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature