Medical Xpress March 17, 2025
Canadian Medical Association Journal

Research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found no differences in in-hospital deaths or hospital admission rates for people experiencing homelessness (PEH) who visited hospital for acute COVID-19 symptoms.

“In our study, we sought to answer the question of whether experiencing homelessness is a risk factor for worse prognosis from COVID-19 illness independent of important clinical variables including age, comorbidities, , and —i.e., whether clinicians should have a lower threshold for admission or other treatments for patients with COVID-19 based on housing status alone,” writes Dr. Siying Shari Li, an emergency medicine physician, University of British Columbia, with co-authors.

The study included data from the Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) on visits to 50...

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