Housing first impact on costs and associated cost offsets: A review of the literature

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 475-487

  Ly, Angela ^a   Latimer, Eric ^b,c  

^a Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux du Québec   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost; Cost effectiveness; Economic analysis; Homelessness; Housing First; Mental health; Service use; Supported housing; Supportive housing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HOUSING; HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM; HUMAN; JUSTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CANADA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESS PERSON; JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946829882     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371506001103     Document Type: Review

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