Association of Homelessness with COVID-19 Positivity among Individuals Visiting a Testing Centre: A Cross-Sectional Study

Among those visiting a testing centre in Toronto, ON, between March and April 2020, people experiencing homelessness (n = 214) were more likely to test positive for COVID-19 compared with those not experiencing homelessness (n = 1,836) even after adjustment for age, sex and medical co-morbidity (15....

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Autores principales: Kiran, Tara, Craig-Neil, Amy, Das, Paul, Lockwood, Joel, Wang, Ri, Nathanielsz, Nikki, Rosenthal, Esther, Hwang, Stephen W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Longwoods Publishing 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8935920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35319442
http://dx.doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2022.26730
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Das, Paul
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Rosenthal, Esther
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description Among those visiting a testing centre in Toronto, ON, between March and April 2020, people experiencing homelessness (n = 214) were more likely to test positive for COVID-19 compared with those not experiencing homelessness (n = 1,836) even after adjustment for age, sex and medical co-morbidity (15.4% vs. 6.7%, p < 0.001; odds ratio [OR] 2.41, 95% confidence interval [CI: 1.51, 3.76], p < 0.001).
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spelling pubmed-89359202022-03-29 Association of Homelessness with COVID-19 Positivity among Individuals Visiting a Testing Centre: A Cross-Sectional Study Kiran, Tara Craig-Neil, Amy Das, Paul Lockwood, Joel Wang, Ri Nathanielsz, Nikki Rosenthal, Esther Hwang, Stephen W. Healthc Policy Data Matters Among those visiting a testing centre in Toronto, ON, between March and April 2020, people experiencing homelessness (n = 214) were more likely to test positive for COVID-19 compared with those not experiencing homelessness (n = 1,836) even after adjustment for age, sex and medical co-morbidity (15.4% vs. 6.7%, p < 0.001; odds ratio [OR] 2.41, 95% confidence interval [CI: 1.51, 3.76], p < 0.001). Longwoods Publishing 2022-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8935920/ /pubmed/35319442 http://dx.doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2022.26730 Text en Copyright © 2022 Longwoods Publishing https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 License, which permits rights to copy and redistribute the work for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is given proper attribution.
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title_short Association of Homelessness with COVID-19 Positivity among Individuals Visiting a Testing Centre: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort association of homelessness with covid-19 positivity among individuals visiting a testing centre: a cross-sectional study
topic Data Matters
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8935920/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2022.26730
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