Table 1.
Patient characteristics from the California-based health care hot-spotting program where primary fieldwork took place. The left-hand column represents demographics for all patients (N = 140) enrolled in the program. The right-hand column represents data from a medical chart review, listing health conditions for a representative subset of study participants (n = 41) at the field site.
| Male (63%) | 70% had four or more chronic-disease diagnoses |
| Black (55%) | Mean of 16 prescriptions |
| Latinx (16%) | 58% diagnosed with depression |
| White (16%) | 72% diagnosed with substance use disorder |
| Asian/Pacific Islander (11%) | 83% had been homeless at least once |
| Other (2%) |