This report estimates the potential hospitalization, ICU use and mortality rates associated
with COVID-19 infection among the homeless population in the United States, as well as …

Background Although homelessness is a well-documented risk factor for drug overdose at
the individual level, less is known about state-level homelessness and overdose mortality in …

Functional data analysis techniques, such as penalized splines, have become common
tools used in a variety of applied research settings. Penalized spline estimators are …

Unsheltered homelessness is an increasingly prevalent phenomenon in major cities that is
associated with adverse health and mortality outcomes. This creates a need for spatial …

Recent developments in computing, data entry and generation, and analytic tools have
changed the landscape of modern demography and health research. These changes have …

Tensor product smoothers are frequently used to include interaction effects in multiple
nonparametric regression models. Current implementations of tensor product smoothers …

In this article, we propose using network-based sampling strategies to estimate the number
of unsheltered people experiencing homelessness within a given administrative service unit …

Recent studies suggest social media activity can function as a proxy for measures of state-
level public health, detectable through natural language processing. We present results of …

Penalized splines are frequently used in applied research for understanding functional
relationships between variables. In most applications, statistical inference for penalized …

Traditional transfer programs in the United States provide few benefits to childless adults, so
little is known about the effects of these policies on able-bodied adults without dependents …