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Table 2 Adjusted service use means (95% confidence intervals) across 24 months by intervention and housing stability

From: The effects of housing stability on service use among homeless adults with mental illness in a randomized controlled trial of housing first

Service Use Domain

Housing First

Standard Care

Sustained Housing Instability

(n = 82–87)

Late Housing Instability

(n = 87–89)

Sustained Housing Stability

(n = 712–732)

Late Housing Stability

(n = 72–78)

Sustained Housing Instability

(n = 299–312)

Late Housing Instability

(n = 32–34)

Sustained Housing Stability

(n = 153–158)

Late Housing Stability

(n = 155–160)

Emergency department (visits/6 months)

 Baseline

2.30 (1.51, 3.09)

3.55 (2.78, 4.33)

1.92 (1.66, 2.19)

1.92 (1.08, 2.76)

1.71 (1.30, 2.12)

2.68 (1.44, 3.91)

2.05 (1.47, 2.63)

2.11 (1.54, 2.69)

 Year 1

0.61 (− 0.18, 1.40)

2.03 (1.27, 2.80)

1.05 (0.78, 1.31)

1.08 (0.26, 1.90)

1.33 (0.91, 1.75)

1.32 (0.06, 2.57)

1.11 (0.53, 1.68)

1.97 (1.39, 2.54)

 Year 2

0.59 (− 0.20, 1.38)

1.50 (0.73, 2.27)

0.83 (0.56, 1.10)

0.74 (− 0.07, 1.56)

1.14 (0.73, 1.55)

1.10 (−0.13, 2.34)

0.83 (0.25, 1.41)

1.04 (0.47, 1.62)

Hospital stays, medical (days/3 months)

 Baseline

0.13 (− 0.83, 1.08)

0.37 (− 0.58, 1.32)

0.94 (0.61, 1.27)

0 (−1.01, 1.01)

0.54 (0.04, 1.05)

0 (−1.53, 1.53)

0.50 (−0.21, 1.21)

1.51 (0.81, 2.22)

 Year 1

0.17 (−0.79, 1.13)

0.33 (−0.62, 1.28)

0.32 (− 0.01, 0.65)

1.12 (0.11, 2.13)

0.68 (0.17, 1.18)

0.04 (− 1.50, 1.57)

0.25 (− 0.46, 0.96)

0.46 (− 0.25, 1.17)

 Year 2

0.49 (− 0.46, 1.45)

0.55 (− 0.40, 1.49)

0.53 (0.20, 0.86)

0.51 (− 0.50, 1.52)

1.09 (0.58, 1.59)

0.15 (− 1.38, 1.69)

0.49 (− 0.22, 1.20)

0.44 (− 0.27, 1.15)

Hospital stays, psychiatric (days/3 months)

 Baseline

1.28 (− 0.98, 3.53)

1.78 (− 0.45, 4.00)

4.22 (3.44, 4.99)

4.92 (2.55, 7.30)

2.67 (1.48, 3.86)

2.00 (− 1.60, 5.60)

3.95 (2.28, 5.60)

3.80 (2.14, 5.46)

 Year 1

2.98 (0.73, 5.23)

2.01 (−0.22, 4.24)

1.54 (0.77, 2.32)

5.16 (2.78, 7.54)

3.30 (2.11, 4.49)

0.39 (−3.20, 3.99)

0.84 (−0.83, 2.51)

3.00 (1.34, 4.66)

 Year 2

4.56 (2.31, 6.82)

3.11 (0.88, 5.34)

0.92 (0.14, 1.69)

2.24 (−0.14, 4.62)

2.97 (1.79, 4.16)

0.53 (−3.07, 4.13)

0.54 (−1.13, 2.21)

1.31 (−0.35, 2.97)

Outpatient hospital services (visits/6 months)

 Baseline

0.57 (−0.42, 1.56)

1.15 (0.17, 2.13)

1.54 (1.20, 1.88)

0.46 (−0.62, 1.54)

0.87 (0.35, 1.40)

1.28 (−0.34, 2.90)

1.44 (0.70, 2.18)

1.35 (0.62, 2.09)

 Year 1

0.40 (−0.60, 1.41)

0.33 (−0.65, 1.30)

0.86 (0.52, 1.20)

0.41 (−0.64, 1.46)

0.97 (0.44, 1.50)

0.42 (−1.17, 2.02)

2.37 (1.64, 3.10)

1.01 (0.28, 1.75)

 Year 2

0.42 (−0.59, 1.42)

0.17 (−0.81, 1.15)

0.59 (0.25, 0.94)

0.56 (−0.48, 1.60)

0.83 (0.31, 1.35)

3.41 (1.84, 4.99)

1.56 (0.82, 2.30)

0.95 (0.22, 1.68)

Specialized crisis services (calls and visits/6 months)

 Baseline

2.00 (0.51, 3.49)

1.29 (−0.16, 2.75)

1.36 (0.85, 1.87)

0.97 (−0.61, 2.56)

0.77 (−0.01, 1.56)

1.59 (− 0.77, 3.94)

1.68 (0.58, 2.79)

1.19 (0.09, 2.29)

 Year 1

0.39 (−1.12, 1.90)

1.13 (−0.33, 2.58)

0.75 (0.25, 1.26)

0.91 (−0.66, 2.47)

0.52 (−0.27, 1.32)

0.62 (−1.77, 3.01)

1.61 (0.52, 2.70)

0.85 (−0.25, 1.95)

 Year 2

0.46 (−1.03, 1.96)

0.48 (−0.99, 1.94)

1.45 (0.94, 1.96)

0.62 (−0.93, 2.18)

0.66 (−0.12, 1.44)

0.43 (−1.93, 2.78)

0.93 (− 0.18, 2.03)

1.53 (0.44, 2.62)

Drop-in centers (visits/6 months)

 Baseline

75.30 (55.64, 94.96)

71.78 (52.45, 91.10)

68.26 (61.51, 75.00)

86.77 65.72, 107.83)

86.82 (76.40, 97.24)

45.39 (13.66, 77.13)

63.34 (48.74, 77.94)

84.59 (70.18, 99.00)

 Year 1

62.63 (42.62, 82.64)

63.92 (44.59, 83.24)

47.59 (40.85, 54.33)

54.96 (34.18, 75.73)

88.65 (78.10, 99.19)

54.24 (22.51, 85.98)

36.87 (22.37, 51.38)

71.72 (57.08, 86.36)

 Year 2

70.43 (50.54, 90.32)

73.70 (54.27, 93.13)

40.88 (34.08, 47.69)

53.22 (32.58, 73.86)

68.47 (58.14, 78.81)

54.13 (22.87, 85.40)

29.07 (14.42, 43.71)

58.79 (44.29, 73.30)

Homeless shelters (days/3 months)

 Baseline

32.31 (27.02, 37.59)

24.78 (19.55, 30.00)

32.17 (30.35, 33.99)

33.23 (27.65, 38.80)

31.13 (28.34, 33.91)

32.72 (24.28, 41.17)

34.91 (30.99, 38.83)

31.39 (27.50, 35.29)

 Year 1

18.68 (13.40, 23.97)

5.55 (0.33, 10.77)

5.31 (3.49, 7.13)

16.56 (10.98, 22.14)

23.63 (20.84, 26.42)

12.05 (3.61, 20.50)

10.12 (6.20, 14.04)

22.93 (19.04, 26.83)

 Year 2

14.31 (9.02, 19.59)

6.46 (1.24, 11.68)

0.85 (−0.98, 2.67)

3.61 (−1.97, 9.19)

16.92 (14.13, 19.71)

9.61 (1.16, 18.06)

0.82 (−3.10, 4.74)

6.01 (2.11, 9.90)

Food banks (visits/6 months)

 Baseline

1.29 (0.28, 2.30)

1.82 (0.82, 2.82)

1.95 (1.60, 2.29)

1.49 (0.41, 2.56)

1.97 (1.44, 2.51)

0.74 (−0.87, 2.34)

2.29 (1.54, 3.03)

1.41 (0.67, 2.15)

 Year 1

0.85 (−0.18, 1.88)

2.16 (1.17, 3.15)

3.32 (2.97, 3.66)

1.21 (0.15, 2.28)

1.70 (1.15, 2.24)

1.86 (0.23, 3.49)

2.83 (2.08, 3.57)

2.08 (1.33, 2.83)

 Year 2

0.85 (−0.18, 1.87)

1.55 (0.55, 2.55)

3.14 (2.79, 3.49)

2.64 (1.58, 3.70)

1.58 (1.05, 2.11)

2.82 (1.22, 4.43)

2.54 (1.79, 3.29)

2.84 (2.10, 3.59)

Prison (days/3 months)

 Baseline

9.00 (6.51, 11.49)

4.15 (1.69, 6.60)

1.42 (0.56, 2.28)

6.50 (3.87, 9.13)

4.19 (2.88, 5.51)

3.09 (−0.89, 7.07)

1.63 (− 0.22, 3.47)

1.19 (− 0.64, 3.03)

 Year 1

17.78 (15.29, 20.26)

2.08 (−0.38, 4.54)

0.79 (− 0.06, 1.65)

8.83 (6.21, 11.46)

5.32 (4.01, 6.63)

0.70 (−3.28, 4.68)

0.77 (−1.07, 2.62)

0.64 (−1.19, 2.48)

 Year 2

22.72 (20.24, 25.21)

12.25 (9.79, 14.71)

0.82 (−0.04, 1.67)

3.18 (0.55, 5.81)

6.89 (5.58, 8.21)

4.71 (0.74, 8.69)

0.40 (−1.44, 2.25)

0.45 (−1.38, 2.28)