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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Multimorbidity among People Experiencing Homelessness-Insights from Primary Care Data.

Shannen Vallesi, Matthew Tuson, Andrew Davies, Lisa Wood

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Shannen VallesiSchool of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Australia.
Matthew TusonUWA Medical School, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3135-3672
Andrew DaviesHomeless Healthcare, Highgate 6003, Australia.
Lisa WoodSchool of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Australia.
The University of Western Australia · AUBoston Health Care for the Homeless Program · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough the poor health of people experiencing homelessness is increasingly recognised in health discourse, there is a dearth of research that has quantified the nature and magnitude of chronic health issues and morbidity among people experiencing homelessness, particularly in the Australian context.

methodsAnalysis of the medical records of 2068 "active" patients registered with a specialist homeless health service in Perth, Western Australia as of 31 December 2019.

resultsOverall, 67.8% of patients had at least one chronic physical health condition, 67.5% had at least one mental health condition, and 61.6% had at least one alcohol or other drug (AOD) use disorder. Nearly half (47.8%) had a dual diagnosis of mental health and AOD use issues, and over a third (38.1%) were tri-morbid (mental health, AOD and physical health condition). Three-quarters (74.9%) were multimorbid or had at least two long-term conditions (LTCs), and on average, each patient had 3.3 LTCs.

conclusionsThe study findings have substantial implications from both a health risk and healthcare treatment perspective for people experiencing homeless. The pervasiveness of preventable health conditions among people experiencing homelessness also highlights the imperative to improve the accessibility of public health programs and screening to reduce their morbidity and premature mortality.

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Ill-Housed PersonsMultimorbidityAustraliaHumansPrimary Health CareWestern Australiadual diagnosisgeneral practicehomelessnesslong term conditionsmultimorbidityprimary caretri-morbidity

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PMID34208580
PMCPMC8296483
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