Table 2.

Homeless Cohort Self-Reported Source of Usual Care and Site of Care for Each Health Care Scenario

Site	Usual Source of Care, % (n= 388)	Chronic Care, % (n= 385)	Physical Examination, % (n= 384)	Acute or Episodic Care, % (n= 384)	Preventive or Screening Care, % (n= 384)
Ambulatory care site *	51.3	60.3	61.2	58.8	60.4
Emergency department	28.9	28.6	25.5	27.6	22.9
Shelter or drop-in center clinic	8.0	9.1	10.4	10.6	10.4
Other †	2.1	2.1	2.9	2.1	6.0
No source	9.8	—	—	—	—

^*Ambulatory care site includes hospital-based clinics, community and VA clinics, and private physicians' offices.

^†Other includes street outreach team (n= 4), plasma center (n= 1), county health department (n= 1), or combinations of sites that could not be categorized (n= 2).