Missouri should make medical respite part of its health care infrastructure

By: Callan Montgomery

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: September 12, 2026

Words: 667

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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Missouri’s healthcare system routinely pays for a hospital stay, a surgery or a course of treatment, then reaches the edge of its own plan when the patient has no home in which to recover.

For a person experiencing homelessness, “discharge” can mean returning to a shelter, vehicle or street while managing a wound, infection, cancer treatment, new dialysis schedule or medication regimen. The predictable result is not only suffering. It is fragmented care, missed follow-up …

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