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Oklahoma City Cost of Homelessness Study 2009‐2010 COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICAL CARE FOR HOMELESS PERSONS Total Cost Cash In‐Kind Volunteer Total $6,145,045 $16,615 $16,256 $6,177,916 Percentage of Total Spending: 21% Number of Participating Agencies: 8 Total Volunteer Hours: 1,016 Medical costs include four hospitals, one homeless medical program, a dental program, the Oklahoma County Pharmacy and HIV/AIDS services. Medical care for homeless individuals and families was the second greatest expense during the Cost Study period, and although we were able to capture many of the major costs (e.g. hospitals and Healing Hands Healthcare for the Homeless), an entire network of free or sliding‐scale medical work is provided by faith‐based institutions and consortiums of medical providers that we were not able to include (for further explanation, see Methodology/ Medical Data, page 38). Some of the area shelters provide medical care, also. Those costs were included in the shelter costs. Hospitals Healing Hands Other Medical $863,592 14% $248,330 4% $5,065,994 82% Fig. 3 Total Cost of Providing Homeless Patients with Medical Care Data was collected from four area hospitals, one dental clinic, the Oklahoma County Pharmacy, the State Department of Health’s HIV/AIDs division, and Healing Hands. Hospitals accounted for 82% of the total; Healing Hands accounted for another 14%. The totals do not include Medicaid reimbursement dollars. Costs were calculated as follows: Spangler & Associates, Inc. Page 16
Oklahoma City Cost of Homelessness Study 2009‐2010 Hospitals Total Cost: $5,065,994 Percentage of Total Spending: 18% Total Number of Patients: 2,055 Average Cost per Patient: $2,465 The City/County Health Department collected data from four area hospitals: St. Anthony, OU Medical Center, Integris Southwest, and Integris Baptist. The costs these hospitals reported did not include costs that were reimbursed through Medicaid, private insurance or other means. Mercy Hospital was unable to participate due to a major change in their data system that coincided only with the latter part of the Cost Study period. Data included the number of visits for emergency services, inpatient and outpatient care; the cost of each visit; age, race and gender of patients; and date of service. From this, we extracted the following information: 2,055 Homeless Patients Served in Hospitals Inpatient 134 Outpatient 47 Total Hospital Costs OU St. Anthony's Integris $241,042 5% $1,046,034 21% Emergency Room 1,874 $3,778,918 74% Fig. 4 Total Number of Homeless Served by Area Hospitals Fig. 5 Total Cost of Serving Homeless Clients Integris data includes Integris Southwest and Integris Baptist. Spangler & Associates, Inc. Page 17
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