Preventable hospital admissions among the homeless in California: A retrospective analysis of care for ambulatory care sensitive conditions
Author
White, Brandi; Ellis, Charles; Simpson, Kit
Abstract
Background: Limited research exists that investigates hospital admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions
(ACSCs) among the homeless, who frequently lack a usual source of care. This study profiled ACSC admissions for
homeless patients.
Methods: Bivariate analyses and logistic regression were completed to investigate ACSC and non-ACSC admissions
among homeless patients using the 2010 California State Inpatient Database.
Results: Homeless patients admitted for an ACSC were mostly male, non-Hispanic white, and on average 49.9 years
old. In the predictive model, the odds of an ACSC admission among homeless patients increased when they were
black, admitted to the emergency department or transferred from another health facility. Having Medicare was
associated with a decreased odds of an ACSC admission.
Conclusions: Specific characteristics are associated with a greater likelihood of an ACSC admission. Research should
examine how these characteristics contribute to ACSC hospitalizations and findings should be linked to programs
designed to serve as a safety-net for homeless patients to reduce hospitalizations.
Date
2014-10
Citation:
APA:
White, Brandi, & Ellis, Charles, & Simpson, Kit. (October 2014).
Preventable hospital admissions among the homeless in California: A retrospective analysis of care for ambulatory care sensitive conditions.
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. Retrieved from
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7677
MLA:
White, Brandi, and Ellis, Charles, and Simpson, Kit.
"Preventable hospital admissions among the homeless in California: A retrospective analysis of care for ambulatory care sensitive conditions". .
. (),
October 2014.
September 29, 2023.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7677.
Chicago:
White, Brandi and Ellis, Charles and Simpson, Kit,
"Preventable hospital admissions among the homeless in California: A retrospective analysis of care for ambulatory care sensitive conditions," , no.
(October 2014),
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7677 (accessed
September 29, 2023).
AMA:
White, Brandi, Ellis, Charles, Simpson, Kit.
Preventable hospital admissions among the homeless in California: A retrospective analysis of care for ambulatory care sensitive conditions. .
October 2014;
():
.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7677. Accessed
September 29, 2023.
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