Implementation of a Recuperation Unit and Hospitalization Rates Among People Experiencing Homelessness With COVID-19

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Mar 1;4(3):e212826. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.2826.

Abstract

This cohort study examines the association of the opening of a COVID-19 recuperation unit adjacent to a large safety-net hospital with COVID-19 hospitalization rates among people experiencing homelessness.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Boston
  • COVID-19 / complications
  • COVID-19 / therapy*
  • Convalescence*
  • Delivery of Health Care*
  • Disease Management
  • Female
  • Hospital Units*
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Ill-Housed Persons*
  • Interrupted Time Series Analysis
  • Male
  • Patient Isolation*
  • Quarantine
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Substance-Related Disorders / complications
  • Substance-Related Disorders / therapy