Temporary Financial Assistance Reduced The Probability Of Unstable Housing Among Veterans For More Than 1 Year.

IF 8.6 1区医学 Q1 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Health Affairs Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.2023.00730

Alec B Chapman, Daniel Scharfstein, Thomas H Byrne, Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, Ying Suo, Atim Effiong, Tania Velasquez, Warren Pettey, Rachel Dalrymple, Jack Tsai, Richard E Nelson

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Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) aims to reduce homelessness among veterans through programs such as Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF). An important component of SSVF is temporary financial assistance. Previous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of temporary financial assistance in reducing short-term housing instability, but studies have not examined its long-term effect on housing outcomes. Using data from the VA's electronic health record system, we analyzed the effect of temporary financial assistance on veterans' housing instability for three years after entry into SSVF. We extracted housing outcomes from clinical notes, using natural language processing, and compared the probability of unstable housing among veterans who did and did not receive temporary financial assistance. We found that temporary financial assistance rapidly reduced the probability of unstable housing, but the effect attenuated after forty-five days. Our findings suggest that to maintain long-term housing stability for veterans who have exited SSVF, additional interventions may be needed.

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临时经济援助降低了退伍军人一年以上住房不稳定的可能性。

退伍军人事务部（VA）旨在通过退伍军人家庭支助服务（SSVF）等计划减少退伍军人无家可归的现象。退伍军人家庭支助服务的一个重要组成部分是临时经济援助。之前的研究已经证明了临时经济援助在减少短期住房不稳定性方面的有效性，但还没有研究考察其对住房结果的长期影响。利用退伍军人事务部电子健康记录系统中的数据，我们分析了临时经济援助对退伍军人加入 SSVF 后三年内住房不稳定性的影响。我们使用自然语言处理技术从临床记录中提取了住房结果，并比较了接受和未接受临时经济援助的退伍军人住房不稳定的概率。我们发现，临时经济援助迅速降低了住房不稳定的概率，但在四十五天后效果减弱。我们的研究结果表明，要保持退出 SSVF 的退伍军人的长期住房稳定性，可能还需要额外的干预措施。

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Health Affairs 医学-卫生保健

CiteScore

15.00

自引率

2.10%

发文量

246

审稿时长

3-6 weeks

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