ArticleJournal of substance abuse treatment2015
Comparison of Homeless and Non-Homeless Problem Drug Users Recruited from Primary Care Safety-Net Clinics.
Article in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Drug Use Disorders and Violence: Associations With Individual Drug Categories.Epidemiologic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Effect of Housing First on Suicidal Behaviour: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Homeless Adults with Mental Disorders.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2017Trial
- Leveraging a digital health intervention to improve recovery outcomes among people with substance misuse experiencing housing insecurity.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Article
- Insights from COVID-19 pandemic-era innovations at the intersection of homelessness and substance use: in-depth qualitative interviews with key informants.Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- Associations Between Different Types of Housing Insecurity and Future Emergency Department Use Among a Cohort of Emergency Department Patients.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2023Article
- Health-related material needs and substance use among emergency department patients.Substance abuse · 2020Article
- Substance use and homelessness among emergency department patients.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionThe present study of homeless non-treatment-seeking problem drug users was designed to complement and extend previous studies which focused exclusively on treatment-seeking homeless problem drug users.
methodData were available for 866 primary care patients with drug problems, 30% homeless and 70% housed.
resultsIn the 2 years prior to baseline, homeless participants had less chronic medical co-morbidity than problem drug users who were housed yet were significantly more likely to have used emergency department services, to have used them more frequently, and at higher cost. Compared to their housed counterparts, homeless participants were also more likely to have been admitted to specialized chemical dependency treatment and/or detoxification services, to have been arrested for a felony or gross misdemeanor, and to report having psychiatric problems in the prior 30 days.
conclusionsAdditional support may be necessary for homeless patients presenting in primary care to benefit from substance abuse treatment given their more severe drug use problems coupled with their co-morbid health, psychiatric, and psychosocial problems.
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