AJR. American journal of roentgenology
Authors: Carney PA, Abraham LA, Miglioretti DL, Yabroff KR, Sickles EA, Buist DS, Kasales CJ, Geller BM, Rosenberg RD, Dignan MB, Weaver DL, Kerlikowske K
AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education
Authors: Offer C, Grinstead O, Goldstein E, Mamary E, Alvarado N, Euren J, Woods WJ
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Authors: Srikantiah P, Lin R, Walusimbi M, Okwera A, Luzze H, Whalen CC, Boom WH, Havlir DV, Charlebois ED
Journal of cardiac failure
Authors: Shapiro M, Moyers B, Marcus GM, Gerber IL, McKeown BH, Vessey JC, Jordan MV, Huddleston M, Foster E, Chatterjee K, Michaels AD
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Authors: Chinn LW, Kroetz DL
Journal of cellular biochemistry
Authors: Rajamannan NM, Subramaniam M, Abraham TP, Vasile VC, Ackerman MJ, Monroe DG, Chew TL, Spelsberg TC
Cancer
Authors: Howerton MW, Gibbons MC, Baffi CR, Gary TL, Lai GY, Bolen S, Tilburt J, Tanpitukpongse TP, Wilson RF, Powe NR, Bass EB, Ford JG
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Authors: Barnes DE, Cauley JA, Lui LY, Fink HA, McCulloch C, Stone KL, Yaffe K
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Authors: Mehta KM, Yaffe K, Brenes GA, Newman AB, Shorr RI, Simonsick EM, Ayonayon HN, Rubin SM, Covinsky KE
Volume 18 of Issue 1 | Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
Authors: Adams J, Rosenheck R, Gee L, Seibyl CL, Kushel M
BACKGROUND
Homelessness is associated with high rates of hospitalizations and age-adjusted mortality. Few studies have examined whether homeless people are admitted to the hospital at an earlier age than the general population or for different diagnoses.
METHODS
We compared the age at admission and the primary discharge diagnoses in a national sample of 43,868 hospitalized veterans.
RESULTS
The difference in median age between homeless and housed inpatients ranged from 10-18 years for medical-surgical diagnoses and 3-4 years for psychiatric and substance abuse diagnoses (p#.005 for all diagnoses). Homeless veterans were more likely to have been admitted for psychiatric and substance abuse diagnoses (79.9%), compared with housed veterans (29.1%).
CONCLUSIONS
Substance abuse and psychiatric illness account for the majority of admissions among homeless veterans. Among all diagnostic groups, homeless people were admitted at younger ages. Our findings suggest that homeless people have either a more rapid disease course, leading to earlier morbidity, or lower admission threshholds sufficient to generate hospital admission.
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