Hospital Use of Homeless Patients Before and After Participating in the 10th Decile Project

The 10th Decile Project works with hospitals to identify high cost homeless patients and place these patients into permanent supportive housing.
                                                                      Before       After
Annual Average Emergency Room Visits     6.0            3.0
Annual Average Hospital Admissions          1.8            0.5
Average Annual Days as Inpatient               8.6            1.4

Source: Flaming, D., Lee, S.; Burns, P. & Gerald Sumner. (2013). Getting Home: Outcomes from the Housing High Cost Homeless Hospital Patients. Los Angeles, CA: The Economic Roundtable. Retrieved from: http://bit.ly/19YEWPR