The health of homeless people in high-income countries: descriptive epidemiology, health consequences, and clinical and policy recommendations.

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In the European Union, more than 400,000 individuals are homeless on any one night and more than 600,000 are homeless in the USA. The causes of homelessness are an interaction between individual and structural factors. Individual factors include poverty, family problems, and mental health and substance misuse problems. The availability of low-cost housing is thought to be the most important structural determinant for homelessness. Homeless people have higher rates of premature mortality than ...

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Authors: Fazel, S; Geddes, J; Kushel, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Lancet (London, England)
• Volume: 384
• Issue: 9953
• Pages: 1529-1540
• Publication date: 2014-10-01
• DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61132-6
• EISSN: 1474-547X
• ISSN: 0140-6736
• Language: English
• Keywords: Health Services; Self-Injurious Behavior; Australia; Delivery of Health Care; Smoking; Age Distribution; Health Status; Aged; Health Policy; Chronic Disease; Infection; Adult; Middle Aged; Canada; Humans; Homeless Persons; United States; Europe; Developed Countries; Mental Disorders