Category: Costs of HomelessnessHomelessnessMental Illness

What drives the high health care costs of the homeless?

Kaylene Zaretzky, Paul Flatau, Bridget Spicer, Elizabeth Conroy & Lucy Burns

This research provides a significant economic argument for government intervention to break the cycle of homelessness as the findings reveal significant potential savings to effective interventions for homeless people with diagnosed mental health disorder and long-term rough sleeping.

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