Table 4

User profile and service data of shelter-based convalescence care users in Amsterdam between 2001-2007

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

total

P*

user profile (n = 629)

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

n

male

75

77

86

81

87

89

83

81

724

p = 0,020

born in Surinam/Antilles

17

12

19

22

20

27

23

19

167

p = 0.021

psychological disorder

41

71

67

58

64

68

73

61

541

p = 0.000

skin disorder

35

43

37

28

41

50

35

37

326

p = 0.052

circulatory disorder

20

12

11

17

10

11

5

14

123

p = 0.060

cocaine addiction

11

22

21

20

16

34

38

20

180

p = 0,000

HIV

19

14

11

14

16

5

10

14

122

p = 0.061

service data

self referrals

36

32

19

3

7

5

3

18

163

p = 0,000

social care referral

6

8

24

27

30

41

33

20

181

p = 0,000

self discharge/streets

41

47

48

36

42

18

23

41

363

p = 0.001

health insurance

81

70

65

57

55

80

78

67

517

p = 0.510

median length of stay (days)

15

17

16

34

20

101

(31)**

20

-

p = 0.000

absolute number of admissions

158

150

238

191

70

40

40

100

889

* Linear-by-Linear Association.

** For 25 homeless adults the length of stay is cut off at the end of the study episode at October 1, 2007.

van Laere et al. BMC Health Services Research 2009 9:208   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-9-208