Impact on the use and cost of other services following intervention by an inpatient pathway homelessness team in an acute mental health hospital

Mental illness in people experiencing homelessness is common and a key reason for attendance at emergency departments and admission to hospital.

This paper describes how the KHP Pathway homeless team impacted use and cost of health and wider services. The Pathway model had never been adopted by a mental health hospital, and there had never been an economic analysis to evaluate service use before and after intervention.