Dorota Szymkowiak

Biographic Data

ID5508506
NAMEDorota Szymkowiak
GIVEN NAMESDorota
FAMILY NAMESzymkowiak
SIGNATURESZYMKOWIAK D
AFFILIATIONSUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs
ORCID0000-0002-4686-730X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Geographic and psychosocial correlates of homelessness or unstable housing among US veterans in the Midwest

    Open AccessEmre Umucu, Beatrice Lee et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Community…2024References: 20

    The purpose of this study was to explore (1) the prevalence of physical and mental health conditions among veterans stratified by homelessness and unstable housing (HUH) in several Midwestern states, and (2) the correlation between HUH and sociodemographic, military, financial, risky behavior, health, and geographical characteristics. The study cohort consisted of 7260 HUH veterans and stably housed veterans in 2018–2022 in Veterans Integrated Se…

  • Mixed methods analysis of a national implementation of a medical respite program in transitional housing settings for veterans experiencing homelessness

    Alec E Kinczewski, Erin Johnson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Distress and…2023

    Hospital to Housing (H2H) is a Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) program providing medical respite care to veteran's experiencing homelessness. The program partners community organizations providing transitional housing with local VA facilities delivering medical care for post-hospitalization veterans for clinical stabilization and ultimately, permanent housing. The program was launched October 2017 at 43 sites. Using mixed methods, we aim to as…

  • Housing Instability and Homeless Program Use Among Veterans

    Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, Dorota Szymkowiak et al.ARTICLEHousing Policy Debate2020

    This study describes race/sex differences in housing instability among veterans and examines whether there are disparities in their access of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) homeless programs. The sample comprised 5,355,858 veterans who responded to VHA’s universal screen for housing instability (Homelessness Screening Clinical Reminder) between October 2012 and March 2016. We compared rates of housing instability and VHA homeless program us…

  • Veterans’ assignment to single-site versus scattered-site permanent supportive housing

    Open AccessAnn Elizabeth Montgomery, Dorota Szymkowiak et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2020

    To address homelessness among Veterans, a growing proportion of permanent supportive housing units supported by the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program are allocated to programs where multiple Veterans with a history of homelessness live in a particular building, referred to as single-site housing. This mixed-methods study-including administrative data from Veterans who move…

  • Gender Differences in Factors Associated with Unsheltered Status and Increased Risk of Premature Mortality among Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

    Open AccessAnn Elizabeth Montgomery, Dorota Szymkowiak et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2017

  • Persistent Super-Utilization of Acute Care Services Among Subgroups of Veterans Experiencing Homelessness

    Dorota Szymkowiak, Ann Elizabeth Montgomery et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2017References: 26

    BACKGROUND: Acute health care utilization often occurs among persons experiencing homelessness. However, knowing which individuals will be persistent super-utilizers of acute care is less well understood. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to identify those more likely to be persistent super-utilizers of acute care services. RESEARCH DESIGN: We conducted a latent class analysis of secondary data from the Veterans Health Administration Corp…