Acute healthcare utilization associated with positive SARS-CoV-2 testing or serology among people experiencing homelessness: A prospective cohort study
Despite extremely high SARS-CoV-2 infection and reinfection rates, people experiencing homelessness in Toronto had relatively low rates of acute healthcare utilization following infection. Future work is needed to ascertain rates of chronic outcomes, like post-COVID condition.
Authors
- Rosane Nisenbaum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-0376)
- Lucie Richard
- Stephen W. Hwang
- Brooke Carter
- Michael Liu
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- London Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
- Unity Health Toronto
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343639
- Primary Topic
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00