Background: Homelessness is associated with enormous health inequalities, including shorter life expectancy, higher morbidity and greater usage of acute hospital services. Viewed through the lens of social determinants, homelessness is a key driver of ...

July 18, 2017 - Background: Limited evidence on the costs of homelessness in Canada is available. We estimated the average annual costs, in total and by cost category, that homeless people with mental illness engender from the perspective of society. We also identified individual characteristics associated ...

The complex needs of homeless populations result in use of a wide range of services and high costs for housing programs and psychiatric and medical care. Allocation of resources is often not congruent with assessed needs. A series of cost-congruence hypotheses ...

The national picture of the comparative costs and diagnoses of hospitalised homeless patients are examined using the 'no fixed abode' flag in English hospital statistics. Comparable studies sample patients in single cities, eg New York and Toronto. The most common diagnosis is substance misuse; ...

There are a lot of stereotypes ... we as society can best help these marginalized groups realize their basic human rights to shelter. In order to do so, we must first understand what it really means to be homeless in America. ... Homelessness is not an issue unique to the United States, as it can be found in countries all over the world. While homelessness in America can be found as early as the colonial times, modern homelessness rose as a response to the Great Depression, where people experienced ...

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April 13, 2023 - SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — A handful of local nonprofits have spent more to assist the homeless population in the last year than the city and county collectively over the last decade.

January 23, 2019 - Leaving Mentally ll People to Live on the Streets Costs $22,372 Per Person Per Year A recently published study reported that the average cost for public services for such mentally ill homeless individuals is $22,372 per person per year, and that amount includes only some of their costs.

September 26, 2024 - The issue of homelessness has long plagued America as an embarrassing shortcoming in our land of plenty. Government initiatives and charitable efforts have progressed in the ongoing battle – particularly among specific societal cross-sections. Still, hundreds of thousands have remained without permanent shelter. The end of pandemic economic assistance, alongside rising inflation, unaffordable housing costs...

Background Healthcare costs are disproportionately incurred by a relatively small group of people often described as high-cost users. Understanding the factors associated with high-cost use of health services among people experiencing homelessness could help guide service planning.

July 23, 2024 - Housing is a human right and everyone deserves a home. However, ending homelessness would help our society both socially and financially.

The cost of homelessness to society as a whole and to homeless people themselves goes well beyond the nuisance of public intoxication and pan handling and the impact on tourism.8 Despite our attempts to socially isolate homeless people, they are responsible for a disproportionate use of judicial, ...

February 22, 2022 - Rise in number of sofa surfers expected to drive the increase as councils warn of ‘tidal wave’ of need

September 26, 2019 - The burden of homelessness on the health of those afflicted continues to be a major global public health concern. Last year, the United States recorded an increase in the number of homeless for the first time since 2010. On any given night in 2017, there were 553,742 people in the U.S. experiencing ...

To the extent that homeless people have been able to obtain needed health care services, they have relied on emergency rooms, clinics, hospitals, and other facilities that serve the poor. Indigent people (with or without a home) experience many obstacles in obtaining health care.

The purpose of this study was to describe a novel approach to calculating service use costs across multiple domains of service for homeless populations. A randomly-selected sample of homeless persons was interviewed in St. Louis, MO and followed for ...

February 9, 2024 - Readers asked if San Francisco gives its homeless residents free cash.

September 27, 2024 - That people experiencing homelessness have worse health outcomes than those who are housed is understood. However, the extent of this disparity, especially as it pertains to mortality, has not been examined nationally or with representative data. This paper addresses that gap by providing the ...