Is Homelessness Hazardous to Your Health? Obstacles to the Demonstration of a Causal Relationship

BACKGROUND: Homeless people suffer from high levels of morbidity and mortality, but there is surprisingly little empiric evidence that homelessness has a direct adverse effect on health. METHODS: This study examined the relationship between shelter use and risk of death using longitudinal data in a cohort of 8,769 homeless men in Toronto, Ontario. Shelter use was modelled as a time-dependent covariate in a Cox regression analysis.

Publication Date: 
2002
Pages: 
407-410
Volume: 
93
Issue: 
6
Journal Name: 
Canadian Journal of Public Health