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Table 4 User profile and service data of shelter-based convalescence care users in Amsterdam between 2001-2007

From: Shelter-based convalescence for homeless adults in Amsterdam: a descriptive study

 

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

total

P*

user profile (n = 629)

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

n

 

   male

75

77

86

81

87

89

83

81

724

p = 0,020

   born in Surinam/Antilles

17

12

19

22

20

27

23

19

167

p = 0.021

   psychological disorder

41

71

67

58

64

68

73

61

541

p = 0.000

   skin disorder

35

43

37

28

41

50

35

37

326

p = 0.052

   circulatory disorder

20

12

11

17

10

11

5

14

123

p = 0.060

   cocaine addiction

11

22

21

20

16

34

38

20

180

p = 0,000

   HIV

19

14

11

14

16

5

10

14

122

p = 0.061

service data

          

   self referrals

36

32

19

3

7

5

3

18

163

p = 0,000

   social care referral

6

8

24

27

30

41

33

20

181

p = 0,000

   self discharge/streets

41

47

48

36

42

18

23

41

363

p = 0.001

   health insurance

81

70

65

57

55

80

78

67

517

p = 0.510

   median length of stay (days)

15

17

16

34

20

101

(31)**

20

-

p = 0.000

   absolute number of admissions

158

150

238

191

70

40

40

100

889

 
  1. * Linear-by-Linear Association.
  2. ** For 25 homeless adults the length of stay is cut off at the end of the study episode at October 1, 2007.