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Table 3 Primary diagnoses for emergency department visits stratified by receipt and type of homeless services, Cook County, IL

From: Variability in comorbidites and health services use across homeless typologies: multicenter data linkage between healthcare and homeless systems

 

Stable Housing

No homeless services

 

No

Yes

   
 

N = 12,490

N = 2712

N = 8313

 

n

%

Rank 

n

%

Rank 

n

%

Rank 

Primary diagnosis

Prescription refill

852

6.8*

1

137

5.1

2

265

3.2*

6

Chest pain, unspecified

765

6.1*

2

201

7.4

1

623

7.5

1

Alcohol abuse with intoxication

652

5.2*

3

58

2.1

10

403

4.8*

2

Administrative exam

634

5.1*

4

84

3.1

5

338

4.1*

5

Suicidal ideation

571

4.6*

5

44

1.6

12

364

4.4*

3

Asthma, unspecified

552

4.4

6

123

4.5

3

209

2.5*

7

Schizophrenia or auditory hallucinations

372

3.0*

7

14

0.5

37

183

2.2*

10

Low back pain

334

2.7

8

79

2.9

6

354

4.3*

4

Abdominal pain, unspecified

313

2.5

9

72

2.7

7

208

2.5

8

Foot pain

287

2.3*

10

18

0.7

28

185

2.2*

9

  1. Statistical significance testing performed using the chi-square test with stable housing set as the referent group. All comparisons were 2X2 tables; i.e., each variable across each homeless services column was cross tabulated with the referent group
  2. *P < 0.01 for tests of statistical significance