Comparison of State Hospital Visits with Housing and Urban Development Estimates of Homeless: Illinois, 2011–2018

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• Personal Author:
  Forst L ; Friedman LS ; Madigan D
• Description:
  Objectives. To assess the value of hospital records in augmenting information on homelessness counts at a state level. Methods. We used data from the Illinois Hospital Discharge Database (2011-2018) to identify outpatients and inpatients identified as affected by homelessness. We used probabilistic linkage methodology to estimate unique individuals rather than visits and compared them with US Department of Housing and Urban Development annual estimates of homelessness based on point-in-time counts. Results. Department of Housing and Urban Development point-in-time estimates indicate a substantial decline of approximately 24% in homelessness in Illinois; however, estimates of unique individuals visiting the hospital with a code for homelessness more than doubled in this same period. Conclusions. Other data sources, such as hospital records, are increasingly able to identify and report information related to homelessness. Using these additional data sources may help to augment the Department of Housing and Urban Development point-in-time estimates to provide more accurate estimates of homelessness that are used to direct resources and assess policy and support services for those affected by homelessness. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Database Delivery Of Health Care Economics Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Databases Health Care Health Care Facilities Health Care Personnel Humans Information Retrieval Systems Information Systems Medical Care Medical Facilities Medical Personnel Medical Records Medical Services Outpatient Facilities Policy Recording Systems Recordkeeping Services Socioeconomics Sociological Factors Surveillance

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• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  391-393
• Volume:
  110
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059526
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 2020 Mar; 110(3):391-393
• Contact Point Address:
  Dana Madigan, DC, MPH, National University of Health Sciences and the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL 60612
• Email:
  dmadig2@uic.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223723/cdc_223723_DS1.pdf
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