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Author(s): EA Latimer, D Rabouin, Z Cao, A Ly, G Powell, T Aubry, J Distasio, SW Hwang, JM Somers, V Stergiopoulos, S Veldhuizen, EEM Moodie, A Lesage, PN Goering
Publication Date: 2017
Background
Limited evidence on the costs of homelessness in Canada is available. We estimated the average annual costs, in total and by cost category, that homeless people with mental illness engender from the perspective of society. We also identified individual characteristics associated with higher costs.
Methods
As part of the At Home/Chez Soi trial of Housing First for homeless people with mental illness, 990 participants were assigned to th...