Table 3.

Factors Associated with Site of Usual Health Care for Homeless Cohort ^*†

Factor	Emergency Department (n= 112) RR (95% CI)	No Source of Usual Care (n= 38) RR (95% CI)	Shelter-Based Clinic (n= 29) RR (95% CI)	Nonspecifiable (n= 8) RR (95% CI)
Uninsured	3.10 (1.8, 5.5)	3.95 (1.8, 8.5)	3.21 (1.3, 7.7)	1.85 (0.3, 10.41)
Unmarried	2.94 (1.0, 8.3)	1.20 (0.4, 4.0)	3.12 (0.4, 24.9)	0.93 (0.1, 8.6)
Homelessness >2 years	2.37 (1.2, 4.5)	1.42 (0.5, 4.0)	2.95 (1.2, 7.4)	1.58 (0.2, 14.9)
No health care past 6 mo	2.12 (1.2, 3.8)	7.48 (1.7, 32.9)	1.57 (0.6, 3.9)	4.55 (0.5, 39.5)
Nonveteran status	1.92 (1.1, 3.4)	2.49 (1.0, 6.0)	0.97 (0.4, 2.2)	0.90 (0.1, 6.3)
Race (non–African American)	1.00 (0.5, 1.9)	1.59 (0.6, 3.9)	3.27 (1.4, 7.6)	3.97 (0.9, 17.7)
Gender (male)	0.94 (0.4, 2.0)	0.29 (0.1, 1.3)	0.49 (0.1, 2.4)	5.62 (0.9, 34.0)

^*Items in boldface were significant in the polychotomous logistic regression. The comparison group was traditional ambulatory care sites. RR indicates relative risk; CI, confidence interval.

^†The overall pseudo-R²for the model was .10.