Table 2.

Rates of hospitalization per 1,000 population and readmission by homeless and nonhomeless status

	Total	P value*
Hospitalization rate (per 1,000 population)
Total	0.41
Homeless	3.64	Reference
Nonhomeless	0.38	<0.01
Nonhomeless by income quartile
First quartile (lowest)	0.51	<0.01
Second quartile	0.38	<0.01
Third quartile	0.38	<0.01
Fourth quartile	0.33	<0.01
Hospitalization rate for type 1 diabetes
Total	0.36
Homeless	2.96	Reference
Nonhomeless	0.34	<0.01
Nonhomeless by income quartile
First quartile (lowest)	0.43	<0.01
Second quartile	0.33	<0.01
Third quartile	0.34	<0.01
Fourth quartile	0.30	<0.01
Hospitalization rate for type 2 diabetes
Total	0.05
Homeless	0.68	Reference
Nonhomeless	0.05	<0.01
Nonhomeless by income quartile
First quartile (lowest)	0.08	<0.01
Second quartile	0.05	<0.01
Third quartile	0.04	<0.01
Fourth quartile	0.03	<0.01
Readmission rate (%)
Total	14.48
Homeless	20.42	Reference
Nonhomeless	14.13	<0.01
Nonhomeless by income quartile
First quartile (lowest)	21.74	0.61
Second quartile	15.33	0.02
Third quartile	11.86	<0.01
Fourth quartile	9.23	<0.01

^*P values from χ² tests comparing homeless versus nonhomeless.