Comparison of Causes of Mortality Between Hospitalized Unsheltered Homeless Patients and Non-Homeless Sex and Age-Matched Controls: A Retrospective Case-Control Study

• Main Authors: Juraj Smaha (Author), Jakub Falat (Author), Andrea Gažová (Author), Martin Kužma (Author), Ján Kyselovič (Author), Michal Palkovič (Author), Roman Kuruc (Author), Pavel Babál (Author), Juraj Payer (Author), Peter Jackuliak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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ObjectivesRoofless individuals represent the most severe category of homelessness. Their clinical characteristics and mortality patterns in Central and Eastern Europe are little known.MethodsA single-center retrospective case-control study at the internal medicine department in Bratislava, Slovakia...