Eviction is a housing and financial crisis ― and a healthcrisis in the making. Research shows that eviction is associated with a wide range of bad health outcomes. But physicians and hospital systems can help mitigate the harm. MedTwitter SDOH
, possibly because having a record of being evicted can limit families' housing options, forcing them to compromise on housing or neighborhood quality, Leifheit said.Moving suddenly to a new area can make it harder to reach doctors or schedule appointments."You see people falling out of these really vital safety net services at exactly the moment when they need them the most," Leifheit said.
was associated with 63% higher odds of losing Medicaid coverage compared to demographically similar individuals who were not evicted . They also found that people who were evicted filled fewer prescriptions. For example, someone who gets evicted might lose their Medicaid coverage, not be able to go to the doctor for a minor health problem, and end up having a major health crisis that lands them in the hospital. This could result in even more financial instability and increase the difficulty in finding stable housing. And so the process repeats, Schwartz said.Housing is a vast and thorny issue, but physicians and other healthcare providers can support patients facing eviction.
Providers can anticipate the patient's not being able to come back to the clinic soon. A more comprehensive workup may be performed while the patient is there, telemedicine may be used for follow-up appointments, rather than in-person visits, and patients should be given a hard copy of their chart, Shah said.
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