"住房优先"增加了精神病护理办公室的访问和处方,同时减少了紧急诊所的访问
Devlin Hanson1, Sarah Gillespie2
1Devlin Hanson, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.
Health affairs (Project Hope)
|January 24, 2024
概括
住房第一为长期无家可归者提供永久性住房,增加精神病医院诊所和药物使用. 这种方法没有影响死亡率,但减少了急诊室的使用.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 心理健康服务 心理健康服务
背景情况:
- 无家可归是一个重要的公共卫生问题,特别是对于那些患有慢性疾病并经常与刑事司法系统接触的人来说.
- 住房第一的方法优先考虑稳定的住房作为获得医疗和社会服务的基础.
- 了解"住房优先"对医疗保健利用和结果的影响对于有效的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 通过"住房优先"的方法评估永久性支持性住房干预措施的影响.
- 分析对医疗保健使用,医疗补助入学和慢性无家可归者死亡率的影响.
- 评估办公室精神病诊所访问,处方药使用和急诊室访问的变化.
主要方法:
- 随机对照试验在科罗拉多州丹佛进行.
- 对住房优先干预参与者与对照组进行比较.
- 对两年来医疗保健利用率,医疗补助入学率和死亡率数据的分析.
主要成果:
- 住房第一参与者在办公室的精神病医生访问和处方药的数量显著增加.
- 在干预组中,观察到急诊室访问的数量显著减少.
- 没有发现对死亡率的重大影响;然而,住房优先组的医疗补助入学率略低一些.
结论:
- 使用"住房优先"的永久性支持性住房可以增加对办公室精神病医疗和药物管理的参与.
- 政策制定者应该考虑住房优先计划在改善弱势无家可归人口获得医疗保健方面的潜力.
- 需要进一步的研究来了解医疗补助招生和长期健康结果的细微差别.
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