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Table 6 Healthcare contacts in past 6 months (N% or mean (SD)/median

From: Baseline characteristics of people experiencing homelessness with a recent drug overdose in the PHOENIx pilot randomised controlled trial

Characteristic

PHOENIx participants

n = 128

Primary care

 

General Practice (specialist homeless or mainstream)

 

 Contacts/patienta

0 (0–1)

 Patients with GP contact

40 (31.2%)

 GP-based physical health nurse consultations/patient

1 (1–2)

 Patients with GP-based physical health nurse contacts

20 (15.6%)

 Other primary healthcare staff consultations/patientb

0 (0–0)

 Patients with other primary healthcare contactsb

14 (10.9%)

Alcohol and Drug Recovery Service

 

 Nurse contacts/patient

1 (0–4)

 Patients with any ADRS nurse contacts

80 (62.5%)

 Pharmacist contacts/patient

0 (0–0)

 Patients with any addictions pharmacist contacts

20 (15.6%)

 Medic contacts/patient

0 (0–0)

 Patients with any addictions medic contacts

19 (14.8%)

Mental health (specialist homeless or mainstream)

 

 Mental health nurse contacts/patient

0 (0–1)

 Patients with any mental health nurse contacts

33 (25.8%)

 Consultant psychiatrist contacts/patient

0 (0–0)

 Patients with any consultant psychiatrist contacts

5 (3.9%)

Social care

 

 Social care staff consultations/patient

1 (0–4)

 Patients with any social care contacts

79 (61.7%)

Hospital

 

Mental health

 

 Mental health hospitalisations/patient

0 (0–0)

 Patients with any mental health hospitalisation

8 (6.2%)

 Duration of mental health hospitalisations (days)

11.5 (5.0–22.0)

General hospital

 

 Emergency department (ED) contacts/patient

3 (1–5)

 Patients with any ED contacts

105 (82.0%)

 Hospitalisations/patient

1 (0–2)

 Patients with any general hospitalisations

89 (69.5%)

 Duration of general hospitalisations (days)

2 (1–4)

 Outpatient clinic attendance/patient

1 (0–2)

 Patients with any outpatient attendances

66 (51.6%)

 Outpatient clinic appointments not attended

0 (0–3)

 Patients with ≥ 1 non-attendance at outpatient clinic

51 (39.8%)

Rehabilitation for drug use (residential)

 

 Residential rehabilitation stays/patient

0 (0–0)

 Patients with any residential rehab stays

5 (3.9%)

 Duration of rehab (days)

21.5 (11.5–23.8)

  1. aHomeless Health service GP/mainstream GP
  2. bIncludes Occupational Therapist, Dietician, Podiatrist, sexual health nurse and others, excludes addiction and mental health team