Health care for homeless people

M Liu, SW Hwang - Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2021 - nature.com
A growing and diversifying homeless population faces tremendous social burdens and
structural barriers to health care that contribute to high morbidity and mortality. Health care …

Food insecurity and housing instability as determinants of cardiovascular health outcomes: a systematic review

T Parekh, H Xue, LJ Cheskin, AE Cuellar - Nutrition, Metabolism and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aims The primary objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review of existing
literature on the association between food insecurity and housing instability with CVD and its …

Health care of people experiencing homelessness: part I

SN Taylor, D Munson - NEJM evidence, 2023 - evidence.nejm.org
People who experience homelessness struggle with high rates of medical illness, substance
use disorder, and psychiatric illness. Furthermore, many people experiencing homelessness …

Research priorities in healthcare of persons experiencing homelessness: outcomes of a national multi-disciplinary stakeholder discussion in the United Kingdom

P Jagpal, K Saunders, G Plahe, S Russell… - International Journal for …, 2020 - Springer
Background Persons experiencing homelessness (PEH) face up to twelve times higher
mortality rates compared to the general population. There is a need to develop, evaluate …

Housing Status Changes Are Associated With Cancer Outcomes Among US Veterans: Study examines cancer outcomes for unhoused veterans

HC Decker, LA Graham, A Titan, MT Hawn… - Health …, 2024 - healthaffairs.org
Cancer is a leading cause of death in older unhoused adults. We assessed whether being
unhoused, gaining housing, or losing housing in the year after cancer diagnosis is …

Risk of delivery complications among pregnant people experiencing housing insecurity

K Huang, RJ Waken, AA Luke, EB Carter… - American journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND Housing insecurity is increasingly being recognized as an important social
determinant of health. Pregnant individuals experiencing housing insecurity may represent a …

[HTML][HTML] Unstable housing and kidney disease: a primer

TK Novick, M Kushel, D Crews - Kidney medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Stable housing is essential for health. Over 580,000 Americans experienced homelessness
during one night in 2020, and over 37 million households spend over 30% of their income …

Trends in the likelihood of receiving percutaneous coronary intervention in a low-volume hospital and disparities by sociodemographic communities

C Wang, K Lindquist, H Krumholz, RY Hsia - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Over the past two decades, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) capacity
has increased while coronary artery disease has decreased, potentially lowering per …

Differential associations of homelessness with emergency department visits and hospitalizations by race, ethnicity, and gender

D Yue, N Pourat, EA Essien, X Chen… - Health Services …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate the differential associations of homelessness with emergency
department (ED) visits and hospitalizations by race, ethnicity, and gender. Data Sources …

Insights from the shelter: Homeless shelter workers' perceptions of homelessness and working with the homeless

YF Paat, J Morales, AI Escajeda… - Journal of Progressive …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Using in-depth face-to-face interviews, this study explored 34 homeless shelter workers'
perceptions of homelessness and working with the homeless. We asked the following …