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Health and Medicine
Study data from University of Washington update understanding of health and medicine
May 2nd, 2009
"Context Chronically homeless individuals with severe alcohol problems often have multiple medical and psychiatric problems and use costly health and criminal justice services at high rates. To evaluate association of a ''Housing First'' intervention for chronically homeless individuals with severe alcohol problems with health care use and costs," scientists in the United States report. "Setting, and Participants Quasi-experimental design comparing 95 housed participants (with drinking permitted) with 39 wait-list control participants enrolled between November 2005 and March 2007 in Seattle, Washington. Main Outcome Measures Use and cost of services (jail bookings,...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-05-02)
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