Housing is health care for homeless

As an emergency department (ED) physician at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Steven Leffler saw firsthand how chronically homeless patients returned again and again to his crowded ED for care. Recognizing chronic homelessness as a major health care issue, the medical center t...

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Published inAHA News Vol. 52; no. 25; p. 1
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago American Hospital Association 16.12.2016
Subjects
Affordable housing
Homeless people
Housing developments
Indigent care
Leffler, Steven
Physicians
United States > US
Burlington Vermont
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Summary:As an emergency department (ED) physician at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Steven Leffler saw firsthand how chronically homeless patients returned again and again to his crowded ED for care. Recognizing chronic homelessness as a major health care issue, the medical center two years ago reached out to other community groups to come up with a possible solution. It agreed to fund transitional and permanent supportive housing for homeless patients who are discharged from the hospital and to provide services that can help get them back on their feet. Other partners in the initiative include the Champlain Housing Trust -- a nonprofit organization which creates and preserves affordable housing in northwest Vermont - and the United Way of Northwest Vermont.
ISSN:0891-6608