TABLE 3—
Referral Patterns Among 4 Latent Classes of Homeless Veterans, Risk Profiles, and Relation to Program Referral and Admissions: Homeless Operations Management and Evaluation System, Department of Veterans Affairs, United States, 2011–2012
| Referral | Total Sample (n = 95 757), No. (%) | Relatively Few Problems (n = 20 082), No. (%) | Dual Diagnosis (n = 26 999), No. (%) | Poverty– Substance Abuse–Incarceration (n = 39 298), No. (%) | Disabling Medical Problems (n = 9378), No. (%) | Group Comparisona |
| HUD-VA supportive housing | 33 883 (35.38) | 10 434 (51.96) | 9089 (33.66) | 9763 (24.84) | 4597 (49.02) | 1 > 4 > 2 > 3 |
| Grant & Per Diem | 29 034 (30.32) | 5862 (29.19) | 8486 (31.43) | 12 325 (31.36) | 2361 (25.18) | 2,3 > 1 > 4 |
| VA medical service | 22 905 (23.92) | 4091 (20.37) | 6908 (25.59) | 9519 (24.22) | 2387 (25.45) | 2,4 > 1; 3 > 1 |
| VA mental health service | 22 779 (23.79) | 3240 (16.13) | 8479 (31.40) | 8793 (22.38) | 2267 (24.17) | 2 > 4 > 3 > 1 |
| Healthcare for Re-Entry Veterans | 11 226 (11.72) | 123 (0.61) | 1963 (7.27) | 9012 (22.93) | 128 (1.36) | 3 > 2 > 4 > 1 |
| Veterans Justice Outreach | 10 223 (10.68) | 833 (4.15) | 3520 (13.04) | 4853 (12.35) | 1017 (10.84) | 2,3 > 4 > 1 |
| Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans | 7048 (7.36) | 802 (3.99) | 2855 (10.57) | 2906 (7.39) | 485 (5.17) | 2 > 3 > 4 > 1 |
| VA vocational service | 6354 (6.64) | 1070 (5.33) | 1883 (6.97) | 3020 (7.68) | 381 (4.06) | 2,3 > 1 > 4 |
| VA disability compensation | 5467 (5.72) | 1133 (5.64) | 1761 (6.52) | 2138 (5.44) | 444 (4.73) | 2 > 1,3,4 |
| VA emergency department | 1310 (1.37) | 169 (0.84) | 486 (1.80) | 536 (1.36) | 119 (1.27) | 2 > 3 > 1 |
Note. HUD = Housing and Urban Development; VA = Veteran's Affairs. Rows arranged by order of total program referrals. Percentages may not sum to 100% because of rounding.
a
Omnibus χ2 test was conducted before post hoc pairwise χ2 test.