Table 4.
Comparative rates of service usage.
| Data domain | Earliest date records available from | Data source | Total Occurrences (HF)a | Mean from all available data (HF) | Mean in 5 years before housed (HF) | Median (HF) in 5 years before housed (HF) | 75th percentile (HF) in 5 years before housed (HF) | Mean from all available data (ERP)b | Mean in 5 years before 09-June-2016 (ERP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 1988 | Hospitalisations | 4,317 | 11.1 | 3.2 | 2 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 0.9 |
| 1994 | Injuries | 3,660 | 9.4 | 2.2 | 1 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 1.7 | |
| 2005 | Pharmaceuticals | 88,131 | 226.0 | 141.6 | 29 | 89.5 | 103.3 | 59.1 | |
| 2008 | Mental Health - Outpatient eventsc | 37,299 | 95.6 | 72.5 | 6 | 52 | 7.9 | 5.9 | |
| 2008 | Mental Health - Inpatient periods | 399 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.03 | |
| Justice | 2009 | Police offence | 1,980 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 1 | 5.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 1990 | Criminal charges | 7,395 | 19.0 | 3.5 | 1 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | |
| 1998 | Sentencing and remand | 11,616 | 29.8 | 9.1 | 0 | 6.0 | 2.2 | 0.7 | |
| Social Development | 1999 | Months in which tax paid on wages and salaries | 15,114 | 38.8 | 9.2 | 2 | 12.8 | 87.5 | 29.9 |
| 1993 | Months in which a benefit was received | 44,469 | 114.0 | 41.9 | 49.5 | 60.0 | 19.3 | 6.1 | |
| 1993 | New spells on a benefit | 4,515 | 11.6 | 3.3 | 3 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.5 | |
| 1991 | Notification of care and protection concern (as a child)d | 660 | 5.9 | NA | NA | NA | 0.7 | NA | |
| 1991 | Finding of abuse (as a child)d | 252 | 2.3 | NA | NA | NA | 0.2 | NA |
a
HF refers to Housing First cohort.
b
ERP refers to Estimated Resident Population.
c
Both inpatient and outpatient rates of mental health and addiction service usage have been found from a single source of national-level data about contacts, activities and services for secondary-care mental health and addiction service providers.
d
Restricted to those born after 1986 (n = 111 for HF).