Temporary Financial Assistance Decreased Health Care Costs For Veterans Experiencing Housing Instability.

Autor: Nelson RE; Richard E. Nelson (richard.nelson@utah.edu) is a core investigator at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Salt Lake City's Informatics, Decision-Enhancement, and Analytic Sciences Center and a research associate professor in the Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah, both in Salt Lake City, Utah., Montgomery AE; Ann Elizabeth Montgomery is an investigator at the Birmingham VA Medical Center and an assistant professor in the School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, in Birmingham, Alabama., Suo Y; Ying Suo is a data manager in the Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah., Cook J; James Cook is a data manager in the Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah., Pettey W; Warren Pettey is a data scientist in the Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah., Gundlapalli A; Adi Gundlapalli is an adjunct professor in the Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah., Greene T; Tom Greene is a professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah., Evans W; William Evans is a professor in the Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame, in South Bend, Indiana., Gelberg L; Lillian Gelberg is an investigator at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and a professor in the Department of Family Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California., Kertesz SG; Stefan G. Kertesz is an investigator at the Birmingham VA Medical Center and a professor in the Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham., Tsai J; Jack Tsai is the director of research at the National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, in Tampa, Florida, and a professor in the School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, in San Antonio, Texas., Byrne TH; Thomas H. Byrne is an investigator at the Bedford VA Medical Center and an assistant professor in the School of Social Work, Boston University, in Bedford, Massachusetts.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Health affairs (Project Hope) [Health Aff (Millwood)] 2021 May; Vol. 40 (5), pp. 820-828.
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01796
Abstrakt: Compared with housed people, those experiencing homelessness have longer and more expensive inpatient stays as well as more frequent emergency department visits. Efforts to provide stable housing situations for people experiencing homelessness could reduce health care costs. Through the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program, the Department of Veterans Affairs partners with community organizations to provide temporary financial assistance to veterans who are currently homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. We examined the impact of temporary financial assistance on health care costs for veterans in the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program and found that, on average, people receiving the assistance incurred $352 lower health care costs per quarter than those who did not receive the assistance. These results can inform national policy debates regarding the proper solution to housing instability.
Databáze: MEDLINE