Post-hospital medical respite care and hospital readmission of homeless persons
Authors
Kertesz, Stefan G.Posner, Michael A.
O'Connell, James J.
Swain, Stacy
Mullins, Ashley N.
Shwartz, Michael
Ash, Arlene S.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Quantitative Health SciencesDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2009-04-14Keywords
AdultBoston
Community Networks
Female
*Homeless Persons
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Discharge
Patient Readmission
Program Evaluation
Respite Care
Retrospective Studies
Young Adult
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Health Services Research
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Medical respite programs offer medical, nursing, and other care as well as accommodation for homeless persons discharged from acute hospital stays. They represent a community-based adaptation of urban health systems to the specific needs of homeless persons. This article examines whether post-hospital discharge to a homeless medical respite program was associated with a reduced chance of 90-day readmission compared to other disposition options. Adjusting for imbalances in patient characteristics using propensity scores, respite patients were the only group that was significantly less likely to be readmitted within 90 days compared to those released to Own Care. Respite programs merit attention as a potentially efficacious service for homeless persons leaving the hospital.Source
J Prev Interv Community. 2009;37(2):129-42. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1080/10852350902735734Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/47614PubMed ID
19363773Related Resources
Link to Article in PubMedae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/10852350902735734