HIV/AIDS health service utilization by people who have been homeless.
People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) who experience homelessness have competing priorities (e.g., food, security of property) and experience complex health-related issues (e.g., co-morbidities, transportation to clinics) that may interfere with utilizing health care services. Using data from 229 PLWHA we did not find that homelessness was related to fewer or shorter clinic visits. Patients who had ever been homeless were more likely to have a case manager (74.2%) than never homeless patients (58.8%). African American patients were less likely to have a case manager (57%) as compared to other ethnicities (66%) although this was not statistically significant.
Community Health Outcomes and Intervention Research Program, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Henry
Jean L
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Richardson
Susan
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Stoyanoff
Gary P
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Fredrick
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019090:Case Management; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy*; D006296:Health Services / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult