A small number of homeless patients make thousands of emergency room visits. Dr. Carolyn Snider and Dr. Stephen Hwang spoke with The Globe and Mail about the work being done to support people experiencing homelessness in the emergency department and cold weather-related injury research.
A housing remedy for Canada’s hard-hit ERs
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- Patients experiencing homelessness in Toronto up to 18 times more likely to visit emergency departments for cold weather-related injuries, Unity Health study finds
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- Homeless: Search for solution grows more urgent than ever