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Author(s): Stephen W. Hwang, Catharine Chambers, Marko Katic
Publication Date: 2015
Objective
To assess the accuracy of self-reported ambulatory care visits, emergency department (ED) encounters, and overnight hospitalizations in a population-based sample of homeless adults.
Data Source
Self-report survey data and administrative health care utilization databases.
Study Design
Self-reported health care use in the past 12 months was compared to administrative encounter records among 1,163 homeless adults recruited in 20...
Author(s): Stephen W. Hwang, Catharine Chambers, Shirley Chiu, Marko Katic, Alex Kiss, Donald A. Redelmeier, Wendy Levinson
Publication Date: 2013
Objectives. We comprehensively assessed health care utilization in a population-based sample of homeless adults and matched controls under a universal health insurance system.
Methods. We assessed health care utilization by 1165 homeless single men and women and adults in families and their age- and gender-matched low-income controls in Toronto, Ontario, from 2005 to 2009, using repeated-measures general linear models to calculate risk ratios and...
Author(s): Catharine Chambers, Marko Katic, Shirley Chiu, Donald A. Redelmeier, Wendy Levinson, Alex Kiss, Stephen W. Hwang
Publication Date: 2013
Objectives. We identified factors associated with inpatient hospitalizations among a population-based cohort of homeless adults in Toronto, Ontario.
Methods. We recruited participants from shelters and meal programs. We then linked them to administrative databases to capture hospital admissions during the study (2005–2009). We used logistic regression to identify predictors of medical or surgical and psychiatric hospitalizations.
Results. Among...