Hoptel Equalizes Length of Stay for Homeless and Domiciled Inpatients

Medical CarePublished 1 October 2000

James McGuire, Alvin S. Mares

DOI10.1097/00005650-200010000-00004

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These data suggest that hoptels may help equalize inpatient lengths of stay among domiciled and homeless patients discharged to a hoptel, and public health care systems seeking innovative ways of reducing in patient lengths ofStay among homeless patients ought to consider establishing hopTels.

Abstract

These data suggest that hoptels may help equalize inpatient lengths of stay among domiciled and homeless patients discharged to a hoptel. Public health care systems seeking innovative ways of reducing inpatient lengths of stay among homeless patients ought to consider establishing hoptels.

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