title: Impact of supported housing on clinical outcomes: analysis of a randomized trial using multiple imputation technique.
abstract: In 1992, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) established the HUD-VA Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) Program to provide integrated clinical and housing services to homeless veterans with psychiatric and/or substance abuse disorders at 19 sites. At four sites, 460 subjects were randomly assigned to one of the three groups: (1) HUD-VASH, with both Section 8 vouchers and intensive case management; (2) case management only; and (3) standard VA care. A previous publication found HUD-VASH resulted in superior housing outcomes but yielded no benefits on clinical outcomes. Since many participants missed prescheduled visits during the follow-up period and follow-up rates were quite different across the groups, we reanalyzed these data using multiple imputation statistical methods to account for the missing observations. Significant benefits were found for HUD-VASH in drug and alcohol abuse outcomes that had not previously been identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, and VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: An-Lin
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Haiqun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Wesley
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kasprow
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Rosenheck
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D019090:Case Management; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006077:Government Agencies; D006078:Government Programs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006798:Housing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012917:Social Adjustment; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*