The Impact of Homelessness, Substance Use, and Mental Illness on Surgical Inpatient Outcomes in Australia.

This study investigated inpatient surgical outcomes for people experiencing homelessness (PEH) in Australia. Retrospective administrative health data of emergency surgical admissions from a single center over five years, 2015 to 2020, was included. Independent associations between factors and outcomes were analyzed with binary logistic and log-linear regression.