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Injury Patterns and Hospital Admission After Trauma Among People Experiencing Homelessness

IMPORTANCE: Traumatic injury is a major cause of morbidity for people experiencing homelessness (PEH). However, injury patterns and subsequent hospitalization among PEH have not been studied on a national scale. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether differences in mechanisms of injury exist between PEH and...

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Autores principales: Silver, Casey M., Thomas, Arielle C., Reddy, Susheel, Sullivan, Gwyneth A., Plevin, Rebecca E., Kanzaria, Hemal K., Stey, Anne M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Medical Association 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10311388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37382955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.20862
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author Silver, Casey M.
Thomas, Arielle C.
Reddy, Susheel
Sullivan, Gwyneth A.
Plevin, Rebecca E.
Kanzaria, Hemal K.
Stey, Anne M.
author_facet Silver, Casey M.
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Sullivan, Gwyneth A.
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description IMPORTANCE: Traumatic injury is a major cause of morbidity for people experiencing homelessness (PEH). However, injury patterns and subsequent hospitalization among PEH have not been studied on a national scale. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether differences in mechanisms of injury exist between PEH and housed trauma patients in North America and whether the lack of housing is associated with increased adjusted odds of hospital admission. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This was a retrospective observational cohort study of participants in the 2017 to 2018 American College of Surgeons’ Trauma Quality Improvement Program. Hospitals across the US and Canada were queried. Participants were patients aged 18 years or older presenting to an emergency department after injury. Data were analyzed from December 2021 to November 2022. EXPOSURES: PEH were identified using the Trauma Quality Improvement Program’s alternate home residence variable. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The primary outcome was hospital admission. Subgroup analysis was used to compared PEH with low-income housed patients (defined by Medicaid enrollment). RESULTS: A total of 1 738 992 patients (mean [SD] age, 53.6 [21.2] years; 712 120 [41.0%] female; 97 910 [5.9%] Hispanic, 227 638 [13.7%] non-Hispanic Black, and 1 157 950 [69.6%] non-Hispanic White) presented to 790 hospitals with trauma, including 12 266 PEH (0.7%) and 1 726 726 housed patients (99.3%). Compared with housed patients, PEH were younger (mean [SD] age, 45.2 [13.6] years vs 53.7 [21.3] years), more often male (10 343 patients [84.3%] vs 1 016 310 patients [58.9%]), and had higher rates of behavioral comorbidity (2884 patients [23.5%] vs 191 425 patients [11.1%]). PEH sustained different injury patterns, including higher proportions of injuries due to assault (4417 patients [36.0%] vs 165 666 patients [9.6%]), pedestrian-strike (1891 patients [15.4%] vs 55 533 patients [3.2%]), and head injury (8041 patients [65.6%] vs 851 823 patients [49.3%]), compared with housed patients. On multivariable analysis, PEH experienced increased adjusted odds of hospitalization (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.33; 95% CI, 1.24-1.43) compared with housed patients. The association of lacking housing with hospital admission persisted on subgroup comparison of PEH with low-income housed patients (aOR, 1.10; 95% CI, 1.03-1.19). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Injured PEH had significantly greater adjusted odds of hospital admission. These findings suggest that tailored programs for PEH are needed to prevent their injury patterns and facilitate safe discharge after injury.
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spelling pubmed-103113882023-07-01 Injury Patterns and Hospital Admission After Trauma Among People Experiencing Homelessness Silver, Casey M. Thomas, Arielle C. Reddy, Susheel Sullivan, Gwyneth A. Plevin, Rebecca E. Kanzaria, Hemal K. Stey, Anne M. JAMA Netw Open Original Investigation IMPORTANCE: Traumatic injury is a major cause of morbidity for people experiencing homelessness (PEH). However, injury patterns and subsequent hospitalization among PEH have not been studied on a national scale. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether differences in mechanisms of injury exist between PEH and housed trauma patients in North America and whether the lack of housing is associated with increased adjusted odds of hospital admission. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This was a retrospective observational cohort study of participants in the 2017 to 2018 American College of Surgeons’ Trauma Quality Improvement Program. Hospitals across the US and Canada were queried. Participants were patients aged 18 years or older presenting to an emergency department after injury. Data were analyzed from December 2021 to November 2022. EXPOSURES: PEH were identified using the Trauma Quality Improvement Program’s alternate home residence variable. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The primary outcome was hospital admission. Subgroup analysis was used to compared PEH with low-income housed patients (defined by Medicaid enrollment). RESULTS: A total of 1 738 992 patients (mean [SD] age, 53.6 [21.2] years; 712 120 [41.0%] female; 97 910 [5.9%] Hispanic, 227 638 [13.7%] non-Hispanic Black, and 1 157 950 [69.6%] non-Hispanic White) presented to 790 hospitals with trauma, including 12 266 PEH (0.7%) and 1 726 726 housed patients (99.3%). Compared with housed patients, PEH were younger (mean [SD] age, 45.2 [13.6] years vs 53.7 [21.3] years), more often male (10 343 patients [84.3%] vs 1 016 310 patients [58.9%]), and had higher rates of behavioral comorbidity (2884 patients [23.5%] vs 191 425 patients [11.1%]). PEH sustained different injury patterns, including higher proportions of injuries due to assault (4417 patients [36.0%] vs 165 666 patients [9.6%]), pedestrian-strike (1891 patients [15.4%] vs 55 533 patients [3.2%]), and head injury (8041 patients [65.6%] vs 851 823 patients [49.3%]), compared with housed patients. On multivariable analysis, PEH experienced increased adjusted odds of hospitalization (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.33; 95% CI, 1.24-1.43) compared with housed patients. The association of lacking housing with hospital admission persisted on subgroup comparison of PEH with low-income housed patients (aOR, 1.10; 95% CI, 1.03-1.19). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Injured PEH had significantly greater adjusted odds of hospital admission. These findings suggest that tailored programs for PEH are needed to prevent their injury patterns and facilitate safe discharge after injury. American Medical Association 2023-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10311388/ /pubmed/37382955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.20862 Text en Copyright 2023 Silver CM et al. JAMA Network Open. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License.
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Sullivan, Gwyneth A.
Plevin, Rebecca E.
Kanzaria, Hemal K.
Stey, Anne M.
Injury Patterns and Hospital Admission After Trauma Among People Experiencing Homelessness
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title_fullStr Injury Patterns and Hospital Admission After Trauma Among People Experiencing Homelessness
title_full_unstemmed Injury Patterns and Hospital Admission After Trauma Among People Experiencing Homelessness
title_short Injury Patterns and Hospital Admission After Trauma Among People Experiencing Homelessness
title_sort injury patterns and hospital admission after trauma among people experiencing homelessness
topic Original Investigation
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10311388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37382955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.20862
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