Table 2.

Baseline Characteristics of the Sample (N=150)

	Usual Care		CTI		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Sex
Female	18	25	25	34	43	29
Ethnicity
African American	45	62	48	62	93	62
Latino	12	16	11	14	23	15
White	11	15	14	18	25	17
Other	5	7	4	5	9	6
Age, y
18–29	14	19	19	25	33	22
30–39	26	36	25	33	51	34
40–45	17	23	19	25	36	24
46+	16	22	14	18	30	20
Diagnosis
Schizophrenia	44	60	48	62	92	61
Schizoaffective	28	38	24	31	52	35
Other*	1	1	5	7	6	4
Substance Use Disorders
No use or dependence	7	10	8	10	15	10
Use without abuse or dependence	3	4	12	16	15	10
Abuse without dependence	22	30	18	23	40	27
Dependence	41	56	39	51	80	53
Previous homeless episodes
One	13	18	18	24	31	21
Two to four	37	51	29	39	66	45
Five to nine	12	17	18	24	30	20
Ten or more	10	14	10	13	20	14
Longest homeless episode
Less than one week	6	9	7	9	13	9
One week to three months	16	23	16	21	32	22
Three months to one year	23	33	19	25	42	29
One year or more	25	36	33	44	58	40
Age first homeless (mean, SD)	27 ± 9		25 ± 11		26 ± 10
Nights homeless during 90 days preceding index hospital admission (mean, SD)	48 ± 41		47 ± 38		48 ± 39

^*Includes affective psychoses and psychosis NOS