title: Nurses in Supportive Housing are Associated With Decreased Health Care Utilization and Improved HIV Biomarkers in Formerly Homeless Adults.
abstract: A San Francisco study conducted in 2008 showed that the permanent supportive housing program, Direct Access to Housing, dramatically decreased the risk of death in people living with HIV. In our study, we compared the health care utilization patterns and HIV-related biological markers of formerly homeless adults with HIV before and during two types of permanent supportive housing: (a) housing with on-site nursing care for residents, and (b) housing without on-site nursing care. Using nearest-neighbor matching with propensity scoring, the difference in outcomes was calculated. In the matched analysis, adjusted for adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy, people housed at sites with nurses had 4.8 fewer emergency department visits per person (SE: 1.53, p < .01), and they had an increased mean CD4+ T cell count (101.14 cells per person [SE: 55.10, p < .05]) compared to those who lived at sites without nurses.
authors: Sarah K
authors: SK
authors: Dobbins
authors: Marissa
authors: M
authors: Cruz
authors: Saima
authors: S
authors: Shah
authors: Lyndsey
authors: L
authors: Abt
authors: Jamie
authors: J
authors: Moore
authors: Joshua
authors: J
authors: Bamberger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015415:Biomarkers; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009726:Nurses; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011638:Public Housing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012495:San Francisco; D016903:Drug Monitoring
chemical_list: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents; D015415:Biomarkers
keywords: HIV; health care utilization; homeless; housing; nursing