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A CDC QuickStats from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey compares how often people with and without a home visit U.S. hospital emergency departments.
| Visits per 100 persons per year | 2010–2011 | 2020–2021 |
|---|---|---|
| People experiencing homelessness | 141 | 310 |
| People not experiencing homelessness | 42 | 40 |
- The visit rate for people experiencing homelessness rose sharply, with significant increases in 2016–2017 over 2014–2015, and again in 2020–2021 over 2018–2019.
- For people with a home, the rate did not change significantly.
- In every period, people experiencing homelessness visited emergency departments at a higher rate than people who were not.
How it was measured
The survey samples visits to emergency departments of non-institutional general and short-stay hospitals in U.S. states and the District of Columbia, excluding federal, military and Veterans Administration hospitals. A patient counted as experiencing homelessness if they had no home or lived in a homeless shelter; everyone else — with a private residence, in a nursing home or in another arrangement — counted as not. Residence was missing for 3.0% of visits, which were left out.
Rates for people experiencing homelessness use the Department of Housing and Urban Development's count taken on a single night each January (the 2021 figure adjusted for incompleteness); rates for everyone else use Census Bureau estimates of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population as of July 1 each year.
Sources
- CDC, MMWR, "QuickStats: Rate of Emergency Department Visits, by Homeless Status — National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 2010–2021." Reported by Susan M. Schappert and Loredana Santo, National Center for Health Statistics. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7242a6.htm
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