Primary Care Continuity and Utilization Patterns for Veterans With Homeless Experience

How do continuity and patterns of care differ between primary care clinics tailored for veterans with homeless experience (VHEs) compared with nontailored clinics?This cohort study involving 2271 VHEs found that VHEs in tailored clinics had significantly higher continuity than VHEs in nontailored clinics, with no indication of substitution of specialty or emergency visits for primary care.These findings suggest that tailored primary care clinics may result in higher continuity and overall less intensive health care delivery for this vulnerable population.

Corresponding Author: Kevin R. Riggs, MD, MPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, 1720 2nd Avenue South, MT 610, Birmingham, AL 35294-4410 (kriggs@uab.edu).

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