Determinants of healthcare use by homeless people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder: results from the French Housing First Study
Abstract
There is limited evidence available on the health-seeking behaviours of individuals in relation to determinants of healthcare use. This study aimed to analyse the determinants of healthcare use (including both hospital and outpatient services) among homeless people with severe mental health illnesses. The study used data from a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial conducted in four large French cities (the French Housing First Study). Data were drawn from 671 homeless people enrolled in the study between August 2011 and April 2014. Mobile mental health outreach teams recruited homeless individuals with severe mental health illnesses who were living on the street or in emergency shelters, hospitals or prisons. Data collection was performed during face-to-face interviews. Healthcare service use included hospitalisations, mental health and regular emergency department (ED) visits and outpatient visits to healthcare facilities or physicians' offices over a 6-month follow-up period. The data were analysed with zero-inflated (ZI) two-part models. In total, 61.1% of participants had at least one hospitalisation stay over the previous 6 months, with a mean of 25 (+/- 39.2) hospital days, and the majority (51%) had visited the ED (...Continue Reading
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