Living libraries: Nurse integration in interprofessional homeless health care team.

The authors did not capture patrons' referral experience or whether patrons would return or send others to the referred agency. They did not assess self-reported health status, previous primary care visits, sociodemographic information, or experience with previous providers. They could not collect pre-intervention data because most participants were unwilling to participate before relationships developed. The reason for the high referral retention rate was not investigated. Financial effects were not analyzed. The project was described as a pilot, and the authors say further research is needed to understand the relationship between the interprofessional model and referral retention.

The author declared no conflicts of interest or relationships. The paper names the University of Pennsylvania as funder, and the project was grant funded, with the nurse provided by a local academic nursing institution.

Do not read the 100% referral retention rate as proof that the nurse caused better care. The team included a nurse, a social worker, and librarians, and the paper does not separate their contributions. It is a pilot project, did not collect pre-intervention data, and did not investigate why referrals were completed.