@article{ref1,
title="Housing status as a predictor for outpatient care following an emergency or urgent care encounter with a behavioral health diagnosis: a multivariable analysis",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2022",
author="Bonfiglio, Genna and Loh, Ryan and Simpson, Scott A. and Fish, Lindsey E.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Individuals without stable housing experience high rates of mental illness and seek behavioral health care in emergency care settings. Little is known about the effect of homelessness on outpatient follow-up after utilizing emergency or urgent care for behavioral health care. Patient encounters with behavioral health diagnoses among 7 emergency department (ED) or urgent care (UC) locations over 4 years were used to determine the correlation between housing status and outpatient follow-up within 90 days. Of 1,160,386 visits by 269,615 unique patients, 55,738 (23%) encounters included a behavioral health diagnosis. Patients with stable housing were twice as likely to follow up with a primary care provider (PCP) and with an outpatient behavioral health provider than patients without housing (aOR 2.60; aOR 2.00, p < 0.0001). Homelessness is associated with difficulty in accessing follow-up behavioral health care. UCs and EDs may use specific interventions to improve outpatient follow-up.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-022-01063-0",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-022-01063-0"
}