ArticleClinical medicine (London, England)2023
Health and care needs of hospitalised people experiencing homelessness: an inpatient audit.
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- Prevalence and Risk of Dementia Among Adults Who Have Experienced Homelessness, a Meta-Analysis.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Pooled it
- The prevalence of multimorbidity with mental and physical health for people who experience homelessness: a systematic review.European journal of public health · 2025Pooled it
- Disparities in Delayed Discharge Among Patients Experiencing Homelessness.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Estimating the scale of hospital admissions for people experiencing homelessness in England: a population-based multiple systems estimation study using national Hospital Episode Statistics.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Hostel support workers' experiences navigating healthcare alongside people experiencing homelessness: a qualitative study in the UK.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPeople experiencing homelessness frequently die young, from preventable and treatable conditions. They experience significant barriers to healthcare and are often critically ill when admitted to hospital. A hospital admission is an opportunity to intervene and prevent premature mortality by providing compassionate care and facilitating access to safe onward accommodation and support.
methodsTo quantify needs, a cross-sectional audit of inpatients experiencing homelessness across 15 acute hospital teams in London, was undertaken in February 2022. Integrated discharge and hospital homelessness teams were interviewed about each patient identified as homeless or vulnerably housed. Data was collected about patients' health, housing, support needs, and reasons for delayed discharges.
resultsDetailed information was gathered on 86 patients. There was a high level of clinical complexity and multimorbidity. For a safe discharge 60% of individuals were deemed to need accommodation providing high or medium level support and at the time of the audit, half were delayed discharges.
conclusionThere is an urgent need for a range of intermediate/step down and longer-term accommodation and support to enable safe appropriate discharge from hospital and start to address the huge inequity in health outcomes of this population. This paper includes recommendations for clinicians and commissioners.
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