Table 3.
Percent of Participants by Self‐Reported and Documented Counts of Health Care Encounters in the Past 12 Months among Homeless Adults, for Three Types of Health Carea. (a) Ambulatory Care Visits; (b) Emergency Department Encounters; (c) Hospitalizations
| (a) | Documented Number of Health Care Encounters (%) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ≥10 | ||
| Self‐reported number of health care encounters | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | 2 |
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | 1 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 1 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 1 | <1 | <1 | 1 | <1 | 1 | <1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | 1 | |
| 6 | 1 | <1 | <1 | 1 | <1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | 7 | |
| 9 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | 0 | 1 | |
| ≥10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | |
| (b) | Documented Number of Health Care Encounters (%) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ≥10 | ||
| Self‐reported number of health care encounters | 0 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 1 | |
| 4 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 1 | <1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | 1 | |
| 5 | 0 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | <1 | |
| 6 | <1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | 0 | <1 | |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | <1 | <1 | |
| 9 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ≥10 | <1 | <1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | 1 | |
| (c) | Documented Number of Health Care Encounters (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ≥5 | ||
| Self‐reported number of health care encounters | 0 | 76 | 3 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | |
| 3 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | |
| 4 | <1 | <1 | 0 | <1 | 0 | <1 | |
| ≥5 | 1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | 0 | <1 | |
Percent of participants with concordance between their self‐reported and documented number of health care encounters are shown on the horizontal in gray shading and were used to define accurate reporters by type of health care. Percent of participants with discordance between their self‐reported and documented counts of health care encounters are shown without shading; those above the horizontal line were considered underreporters of their health care use, while those below the horizontal line were considered overreporters.