Use of a Community Center Primary Care Clinic and Subsequent Emergency Department Visits Among Unhoused Women

Jenell Stewart; Kathryn M Stadeli; Kristjana H Ásbjörnsdóttir; Margaret L Green; Giana H Davidson; Bryan J Weiner; Shireesha Dhanireddy

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.3134

Use of a Community Center Primary Care Clinic and Subsequent Emergency Department Visits Among Unhoused Women

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Mar 1;4(3):e213134. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.3134.

Authors

Jenell Stewart^{1

2}, Kathryn M Stadeli³, Kristjana H Ásbjörnsdóttir⁴, Margaret L Green², Giana H Davidson³, Bryan J Weiner¹, Shireesha Dhanireddy²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle.
² Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle.

Abstract

This cohort study evaluates the association between use of a community center primary care clinic and subsequent nonemergent emergency department (ED) visits by unhoused women who exchange sex and inject drugs.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Ambulatory Care Facilities / statistics & numerical data*
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Primary Health Care / standards*
Retrospective Studies

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding