Mortality Trends Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness in Boston, Massachusetts From 2003 to 2018

Kirsten A Dickins; Danielle R Fine; Logan D Adams; Nora K Horick; Elizabeth Lewis; Sara E Looby; Travis P Baggett

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.7011

Mortality Trends Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness in Boston, Massachusetts From 2003 to 2018

JAMA Intern Med. 2023 May 1;183(5):488-490. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.7011.

Authors

Kirsten A Dickins^{1

2

3}, Danielle R Fine^{3

4}, Logan D Adams⁴, Nora K Horick⁵, Elizabeth Lewis^{6

7}, Sara E Looby^{2

3

8}, Travis P Baggett^{3

4

6}

Affiliations

¹ Community Systems and Mental Health Nursing Department, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
² Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
⁵ MGH Biostatistics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
⁶ The Institute for Research, Quality, and Policy in Homeless Health Care, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁸ Metabolism Unit, Endocrinology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study involves assessing causes of death among people experiencing homelessness in Boston from 2003 to 2018.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Adult
Boston
Humans
Ill-Housed Persons*
Massachusetts

Grants and funding

K12 DA043490/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States