The cost-effectiveness of specialist hospital discharge and intermediate care services for patients who are homeless
Specialist HHD services are likely to be cost-effective for the NHS compared with standard care, although further research is needed to access patient level data for both costs and outcomes to conduct a rigorous statistical analysis between groups and address possible underlying biases due to data coming from non-randomised study design.
Authors
- Elizabeth Biswell
- Richard Byng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7411-9467)
- Robert W Aldridge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0542-0816)
- Michael Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4964-5005)
- Andrew Hayward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3549-6232)
- Nigel Hewett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7049-9252)
- Raphael Wittenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3096-2721)
- James Fuller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0095-2338)
- Joanne Neale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1502-5983)
- Michela Tinelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8816-4389)
- Martin Whiteford
- Alan Kilmister
- Graham R. Foster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3704-386X)
- Jill Manthorpe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9006-1410)
- Michelle Cornes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5445-8592)
Institutions
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Emerald Group Publishing (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Institute of Child Health (IN)
- Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (US)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Salford (GB)
- University of Plymouth (GB)
- London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2025-06-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12704-x
- Primary Topic
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care