Table 3.
Multivariable IPTW Cox Proportional Hazards Regression Results Relating Amount of TFA Received to All-Cause Mortality and Suicide Morbidity Outcomes (N = 41,969)
365 days | 730 days | |||||||
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95% CI | 95% CI | |||||||
Outcome | HR | p-value | LL | UL | HR | p-value | LL | UL |
All-cause mortality | ||||||||
Total amount of TFA (ref = $0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
$0–$2000 | 0.806 | 0.100 | 0.623 | 1.042 | 0.951 | 0.576 | 0.796 | 1.135 |
$2000–$4000 | 0.753 | 0.036 | 0.577 | 0.982 | 0.909 | 0.291 | 0.761 | 1.085 |
$4000–$6000 | 0.582 | < 0.001 | 0.430 | 0.788 | 0.704 | 0.001 | 0.570 | 0.869 |
$6000 + | 0.815 | 0.108 | 0.635 | 1.046 | 0.918 | 0.333 | 0.772 | 1.091 |
Suicide attempt | ||||||||
Total amount of TFA (ref = $0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
$0–$2000 | 0.850 | 0.404 | 0.582 | 1.244 | 1.039 | 0.795 | 0.780 | 1.383 |
$2000–$4000 | 0.712 | 0.080 | 0.486 | 1.041 | 0.922 | 0.582 | 0.691 | 1.230 |
$4000–$6000 | 0.695 | 0.109 | 0.446 | 1.084 | 0.849 | 0.347 | 0.604 | 1.194 |
$6000 + | 0.831 | 0.342 | 0.567 | 1.217 | 0.868 | 0.365 | 0.640 | 1.178 |
Suicidal ideation | ||||||||
Total amount of TFA (ref = $0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
$0–$2000 | 0.811 | 0.005 | 0.701 | 0.938 | 0.874 | 0.024 | 0.777 | 0.983 |
$2000–$4000 | 0.842 | 0.020 | 0.728 | 0.974 | 0.906 | 0.094 | 0.807 | 1.017 |
$4000–$6000 | 0.865 | 0.072 | 0.739 | 1.013 | 0.916 | 0.172 | 0.807 | 1.039 |
$6000 + | 0.860 | 0.034 | 0.748 | 0.989 | 0.897 | 0.060 | 0.802 | 1.005 |
Note: TFA temporary financial assistance, SSVF Supportive Services for Veteran Families, RRH rapid-re-housing, HP homelessness prevention. Multivariable IPTW Cox proportional hazards regression models with random effects for the Veteran and quarter included the following covariates: demographic variables (age, sex, presence of spouse or partner, presence of children, and race); socioeconomic status (total monthly income, education, employment, number of times the Veteran was homeless in the previous 3 years); indicators for the type of income (earned, supplemental security income (SSI), VA disability, and other); indicators for publicly funded benefit programs (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other benefits); health insurance variables (Medicaid, Medicare, VA healthcare, and other health insurance); indicators for enrollment in other VA homelessness programs (US Department of Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers, Grant and Per Diem (GPD), and other programs); Charlson Comorbidity Index; mental health diagnoses; VA healthcare cost in the 365 days prior to the index date; rurality; fiscal year of the SSVF episode; zip code Area Deprivation Index; and indicator for grantee. A p-value of 0.05 was used as the threshold for statistical significance