Their prolonged healthcare imposes a significant cost to the healthcare system and deprives others from receiving their timely healthcare. Studies show that preventive and primary care (which homeless people are not receiving) substantially lower the overall healthcare costs. Unfortunately, in terms of providing adequate treatment to homeless people with respect to their mental illness, the healthcare system’s performance has not been promising, either. It is apparent that a comprehensive solution to homelessness must include an effective approach to providing healthcare to homeless people. Disabilities, especially where disability services are non-existent, inconvenient, or poorly performing can impact a persons ability to support house payments, mortgages, or rent, especially if they are unable to work. Traumatic brain injury is one main disability that can account for homelessness. According to a Canadian survey, traumatic brain injury is widespread among homeless people and, for around 70% of respondents, can be attributed to a time "before the onset of homelessness"Being afflicted with a mental disorder, including substance use disorders, where mental health services are unavailable or difficult to access can also drive homelessness for the same reasons as disabilities. A United States federal survey done in 2005 indicated that at least one-third of homeless men and women have serious psychiatric disorders or problems. Autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia are the top two common mental disabilities among the U.S. homeless. Personality disorders are also very prevalent, especially Cluster A.
Acropachy is a dermopathy associated with Graves disease. It is characterized by soft-tissue swelling of the hands and clubbing of the fingers. Radiographic imaging of affected extremities typically demonstrates periostitis, most commonly the metacarpal bones. The exact cause is unknown, but it is thought to be caused by stimulating auto-antibodies that are implicated in the pathophysiology of Graves thyrotoxicosis. There is no effective treatment for acropachy. Since it is closely associated with Graves disease, it is associated with other manifestations of Graves disease, such as Graves ophthalmopathy and thyroid dermopathy.Hereditary acropachy (also known as "isolated congenital nail clubbing") may be associated with HPGD. See also
Periosteal reaction

References
External links
Radiopaedia.org: Thyroid acropachy