TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Housing status as a predictor for outpatient care following an emergency or urgent care encounter with a behavioral health diagnosis: a multivariable analysis
JO  - Community mental health journal
A1  - Bonfiglio, Genna
A1  - Loh, Ryan
A1  - Simpson, Scott A.
A1  - Fish, Lindsey E.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0010-3853
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-022-01063-0
ID  - ref1
ER  -