ArticleAnnals of emergency medicine2020
Homeless Shelter Entry in the Year After an Emergency Department Visit: Results From a Linked Data Analysis.
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- Relationship Between Social Risk Factors and Emergency Department Use: National Health Interview Survey 2016-2018.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Emergency Department Use Among Recently Homeless Adults in a Nationally Representative Sample.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Proceedings from the 2021 SAEM Consensus Conference: Research Priorities for Interventions to Address Social Risks and Needs Identified in Emergency Department Patients.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2023Review
- ED-Home: Pilot feasibility study of a targeted homelessness prevention intervention for emergency department patients with drug or unhealthy alcohol use.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2022Article
- 2021 SAEM Consensus Conference Proceedings: Research Priorities for Developing Emergency Department Screening Tools for Social Risks and Needs.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2022Review
- Performance of 2 Single-Item Screening Questions to Identify Future Homelessness Among Emergency Department Patients.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Development of a homelessness risk screening tool for emergency department patients.Health services research · 2022Article
- Social relationships, homelessness, and substance use among emergency department patients.Substance abuse · 2022Article
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objectiveHousing instability is prevalent among emergency department (ED) patients and is known to adversely affect health. We aim to determine the incidence and timing of homeless shelter entry after an ED visit among patients who are not currently homeless.
methodsWe conducted a random-sample survey of ED patients at an urban public hospital from November 2016 to September 2017. Patients provided identifying information and gave informed consent for us to link their survey data with the New York City Department of Homeless Services shelter database. Shelter use was followed prospectively for 12 months after the baseline ED visit. We examined timing of shelter entry in the 12 months after the ED visit, excluding patients who were homeless at baseline.
resultsOf 1,929 unique study participants who were not currently homeless, 96 (5.0%) entered a shelter within 12 months of their baseline ED visit. Much of the shelter entry occurred in the first month after the ED visit, with continued yet slower rates of entry in subsequent months. Patients in our sample who entered a shelter were predominantly men and non-Hispanic black, and commonly had past shelter and frequent ED use.
conclusionIn this single-center study, 5.0% of urban ED patients who were not currently homeless entered a homeless shelter within the year after their ED visit. Particularly if replicated elsewhere, this finding suggests that ED patients may benefit from efforts to identify housing instability and direct them to homelessness prevention programs.
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