Talk:Patient dumping

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Its two news blips summarized, maybe not even a full article unless the history of patient care and laws are explored.Mbisanz 05:41, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Poor Vancouver

I remember a year or two ago about city officials in Toronto piling up a bunch of homeless people and sending them to Vancouver. They claimed they were doing this for their own good since Vancouver's winters aren't nearly as cold. A little different than the examples here, but still seems like homeless dumping.

97.113.74.232 (talk) 23:44, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Old article needs updating

"Dumping" also refers to police officers driving homeless people to the edge of the city and dropping them off, it also refers to hospitals and police taking homeless people and mental patients to trail stations and bus stations, buying them tickets, and dumping them on to the train or bus. Damotclese (talk) 17:06, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

Interested in editing =

Hi, I am a student at Rice University and considering making substantial contributions to this article. Feel free comment below with any feedback! Best, Cbadillo29 (talk) 00:00, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Bibliography of sources for new contributions to article

My plan for my contributions to Homeless dumping is to add more content to the history section and revise the lead. Below is a list of the sources that I am considering using for my contribution. Comment if you have any question or suggestions! Cbadillo29 (talk) 03:51, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Abel, Emily. “Patient Dumping in New York City, 1877-1917.” American Journal of Public Health; Washington 101, no. 5 (May 2011): 789–95.

   This article provides historical background information on homeless/patient dumping.

Bear, Todd M. “Hospitals Discharging Patients to Emergency Homeless Shelters in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Ecological Perspective.” University of Pittsburgh ETD, June 22, 2007. http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/7112/.

   This thesis discusses patient discharge procedures and potential interventions that could be applied. It provides context on the reasons why patients are inappropriately discharged, and the point of view on responsibilities that administrations and healthcare providers should hold.

Caton, C. L., R. J. Wyatt, A. Felix, J. Grunberg, and B. Dominguez. “Follow-up of Chronically Homeless Mentally Ill Men.” The American Journal of Psychiatry 150, no. 11 (November 1993): 1639–42. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.11.1639.

   This journal article provides context and background information on the scope of the problem of medical care for homeless men.

Doran, Kelly M., S. Ryan Greysen, Alison Cunningham, Kathleen Tynan-McKiernan, Georgina I. Lucas, and Marjorie S. Rosenthal. “Improving Post-Hospital Care for People Who Are Homeless: Community-Based Participatory Research to Community-Based Action.” Healthcare 3, no. 4 (December 1, 2015): 238–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2015.07.006.

    This article describes intervention outcomes, the state of health care for homeless, and the impact that level of care has had on homeless populations and the U.S. healthcare system.

Elliott, Richard L. “Patient Dumping, COBRA, and the Public Psychiatric Hospital.” Psychiatric Services 44, no. 2 (February 1, 1993): 155–58. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.2.155.

    This article provides historical context to patient dumping legislation (1985) and the implementation of the policies with regards to mental health homeless patients.

Etter, Gregg, Michael Birzer, and Judy Fields. “The Jail as a Dumping Ground: The Incidental Incarceration of Mentally Ill Individuals.” Criminal Justice Studies 21 (March 1, 2008): 79–89. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786010801972738.

   This article provides broader background information on mentally ill individuals within the law enforcement system.

Fader, Henry C., and Carolyn N. Phillips. “Frequent-User Patients Reducing Costs While Making Appropriate Discharges.” Healthcare Financial Management; Westchester 66, no. 3 (March 2012): 98–100, 102, 104 passim.

   This article provides a more current perspective on hospital discharge procedures for homeless patients and views on the interventions hospitals should implement. It is also discusses the costs of treating homeless patients.

Hazan, Alberto, and Jordana Haber. “Mindful EM: Never Apologize for ‘Patient Dumping.’” Emergency Medicine News 38, no. 8 (August 2016): 5. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.EEM.0000490515.07080.cc.

   This source provides the point of view of medical staff that hospitals and emergency room doctors admit more and keep patients longer than the incidence of patient dumping.

Hochron, Jean L., and Ellen M. Brown. “Ensuring Appropriate Discharge Practices for Hospitalized Homeless Patients.” World Medical & Health Policy 5, no. 2 (June 1, 2013): 175–81. https://doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.37.

   This source outlines recommendations for hospital policies to ensure appropriate discharge of homeless patients. This describes forms of intervention.

Kahntroff, Jeffrey, and Rochelle Watson. “Refusal of Emergency Care and Patient Dumping.” Virtual Mentor 11, no. 1 (January 1, 2009): 43. https://doi.org/10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.1.hlaw1-0901.

   This source provides context to how EMTALA (1986) has been implanted in hospitals and how patient outcomes have been impacted.

King, William, and Thomas Dunn. “Dumping: Police-Initiated Transjurisdictional Transport of Troublesome Persons.” Police Quarterly 7 (September 1, 2004): 339–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098611102250586.

   This articles describes homeless dumping specific to law enforcement across jurisdictions.     

Razack, Sherene. “‘It Happened More Than Once’: Freezing Deaths in Saskatchewan.” Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 26, no. 1 (May 2, 2014): 51–80.

   This article provides context for the dumping of Aboriginal people in Canada.

Rice, M. F., and W. Jones. “The Uninsured and Patient Dumping: Recent Policy Responses in Indigent Care.” Journal of the National Medical Association 83, no. 10 (October 1991): 874–80.

   This articles discusses U.S., policy implementation and impact on homeless dumping in 1980s. It also provides historical perspective to what some scholars thought would be appropriate solutions and intervention strategies.

Stallworth, Valerie Alexis. “Assessment of Hospital Discharges To Emergency Homeless Shelters In Allegheny County, PA.” University of Pittsburgh ETD, September 25, 2007. http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/8103/.

   This thesis provides information on patient discharge procedures, the cost of health care for homeless people, intervention strategies, and data on the incidence of patient dumping or improper patient discharge.

Zerger, Suzanne, Bruce Doblin, and Lisa Thompson. “Medical Respite Care for Homeless People: A Growing National Phenomenon.” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 20, no. 1 (February 4, 2009): 36–41. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.0.0098.

   This source describes how healthcare for homeless people has changed and analyzes interventions since the 1980s. This provides a broad overview and historical context.

Peer Review of Cbadillo29

Overall I think your article is incredibly comprehensive. I think within your history section, you could improve by adding in more context or evidence-based situations or particular cases where patient dumping attracted national attention. I think this would help make your claims stronger in sentences like, “The practice of patient dumping continued for several decades, and in the 1960’s, it was brought back into the public eye by the media, but not much was done to resolve the issue.” Within your section of "Factors associated with homeless dumping and patient dumping", I think you could benefit by adding some of the mental illness factors that play a role in the practice. When I think of the term homeless dumping, many questions arise because it is a foreign concept to me. I would want to know more about how often instances of homeless dumping occur and if this is a global issue or just something that occurs within hospitals inside of the United States. Great start on your article! Kylaj (talk) 17:35, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 24 August 2021

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lennart97 (talk) 09:40, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

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Homeless dumping → Patient dumping – NGRAMS results show that this is by far the most common term, homeless dumping does not even show up.[1] Dumped patients may or may not be homeless, there is also "international patient dumping" where an immigrant is deported to their country of origin.[2] (t · c) buidhe 18:10, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

• support per nom—blindlynx (talk) 21:06, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

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