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Hospitalization in an urban homeless population: the Honolulu Urban Homeless Project
J V Martell1, R S Seitz, J K Harada
1University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu 96822.
Objective:
To determine the rate and estimate the cost of hospitalization in a defined urban homeless population.
Design:
Retrospective chart review.
Setting:
Kalihi-Palama Health Clinic Health Care for the Homeless Project, Hawaii State Hospital and seven acute care hospitals in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Patients:
A total of 1751 homeless clients contacted between 1 December 1988 and 30 November 1990.
Measurements And Main Results:
A total of 1751 individuals were studied for an aggregate of 871.3 person-years. Five hundred sixty-four hospitalizations were identified: ninety-two to the state psychiatric hospital and 472 to acute care hospitals. The age- and sex-adjusted hospitalization rate for acute care hospitals was 542/1000 person-years (compared with the state rate of 96/1000 person-years). Homeless persons were admitted to acute care hospitals for 4766 days compared with a predicted 640 days. The age- and sex-adjusted rate of admission to the state psychiatric hospital was 105/1000 person-years (compared with the state rate of 0.8/1000 person-years). Homeless persons were admitted to the state psychiatric hospital for 3837 days compared with a predicted 139 days.
Conclusions:
Homeless individuals in this study were hospitalized in acute care and psychiatric hospitals far more frequently than were members of the general population.
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