TY - JOUR
T1 - Medical outreach to homeless substance users in New York City
T2 - Preliminary results
AU - Rosenblum, Andrew
AU - Nuttbrock, Larry
AU - McQuistion, Hunter
AU - Magura, Steve
AU - Joseph, Herman
N1 - Funding Information:
Study funded by NIDA RO1 DA10431.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - An innovative, experimental, medical out-reach initiative, using a fully-equipped mobile medical van with a staff of 2 part-time physicians, a physician assistant, a social worker, and a driver/medical aid serving the needs of 1048, mostly male, minority group, high-level, homeless New York City substance users with infectious diseases is described. The study sample (N=250) was divided into experimental S's who received Intensive case management and a control group who could choose to refer themselves to the SW. Biological tests revealed high rates of cocaine use and infectious diseases. Preliminary 4-month outcomes (N = 128) showed reductions in drug use, homelessness and health complaints in both groups; experimental subjects compared with controls received more Public Assistance and had fewer emergency room visits.
AB - An innovative, experimental, medical out-reach initiative, using a fully-equipped mobile medical van with a staff of 2 part-time physicians, a physician assistant, a social worker, and a driver/medical aid serving the needs of 1048, mostly male, minority group, high-level, homeless New York City substance users with infectious diseases is described. The study sample (N=250) was divided into experimental S's who received Intensive case management and a control group who could choose to refer themselves to the SW. Biological tests revealed high rates of cocaine use and infectious diseases. Preliminary 4-month outcomes (N = 128) showed reductions in drug use, homelessness and health complaints in both groups; experimental subjects compared with controls received more Public Assistance and had fewer emergency room visits.
KW - Case management
KW - Homelessness
KW - Medical outreach
KW - Substance use
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036022102&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1081/JA-120004184
DO - 10.1081/JA-120004184
M3 - Article
C2 - 12180566
AN - SCOPUS:0036022102
SN - 1082-6084
VL - 37
SP - 1269
EP - 1273
JO - Substance Use and Misuse
JF - Substance Use and Misuse
IS - 8-10
ER -