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Table 2 Annual hospitalization rate (from 1st year to 10th year) for ‘At Home’ participants (n = 433) during pre-recruitment period

From: A 10-year retrospective analysis of hospital admissions and length of stay among a cohort of homeless adults in Vancouver, Canada

Service area

10th

9th

8th

7th

6th

5th

4th

3rd

2nd

1st

Entire period (10-years)

Acute hospital admissions Mean (SD)

0.3 (1.0)

0.4 (1.2)

0.4 (1.2)

0.4 (1.5)

0.4 (1.0)

0.6 (1.3)

0.6 (1.5)

0.8 (1.7)

0.8 (1.7)

1.2 (1.9)

6.0 (8.6)

Non-psychiatric hospital admissions

0.1 (0.4)

0.1 (0.3)

0.1 (0.5)

0.1 (0.4)

0.1 (0.4)

0.2 (0.5)

0.2 (0.5)

0.2 (1.1)

0.2 (0.6)

0.2 (0.7)

1.4 (2.4)

Psychiatrica hospital admissions

0.2 (1.0)

0.3 (1.1)

0.3 (1.1)

0.3 (1.4)

0.3 (0.9)

0.4 (1.2)

0.5 (1.4)

0.5 (1.3)

0.7 (1.5)

1.0 (1.8)

4.6 (8.1)

Length of stay Mean (SD)

2.4 (10.5)

4.7 (16.9)

4.4 (15.7)

5.1 (18.4)

4.8 (17.2)

7.8 (22.3)

7.1 (20.9)

8.1 (21.8)

10.2 (26)

16.9 (32.5)

71.4 (123.3)

Any hospitalization N (%)

54 (12.5)

77 (17.8)

76 (17.6)

75 (17.3)

97 (22.4)

120 (27.7)

118 (27.3)

147 (33.9)

153 (35.3)

206 (47.6)

342 (79.0)

Tertiary psychiatric hospitalizationb N (%)

0 (0.0)

4 (0.9)

6 (1.4)

8 (1.8)

7 (1.6)

9 (2.1)

5 (1.2)

6 (1.4)

8 (1.8)

13 (3.0)

41 (9.5)

  1. a-Includes either non-substance related or substance related mental disorders
  2. b-Facility name is Riverview Hospital