🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-01-27
Emergency Department Linkage to Care for Patients Experiencing Homelessness (NCT07209072)
🟢 Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic 🧠 Behavioral & Psychological Program Sponsor: Denver Health and Hospital Authority
🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)
In an effort to improve access to primary care at time of discharge, patients who are homeless will be given either enhanced follow up through a street medicine team or routine follow up in clinic.
Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (18 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (4 items).
Location: Denver Health Medical Center — Denver, Colorado
📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener
Instant ChecklistCheck every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).
Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:
- Exclusion Criteria:
- have altered mentation (e.g., intoxication, or secondary to medical, psychiatric, or behavioral conditions) that are unable to communicate their location, contact information, or agree to follow up.
- are prisoners,
- previously enrolled.
🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.
📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)
- Denver Health Medical Center — Denver, Colorado
💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights
- 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
- Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
- Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.