What percentage of homeless individuals receive detoxification services compared to non-homeless individuals?

• A. 10%
• B. 25%
• C. 40%
• D. 60%

Answer: (B)

Access to detoxification services is typically much lower for homeless individuals than for non-homeless ones. Barriers like lack of stable housing, limited health coverage or income, difficulty navigating treatment systems, competing survival needs, and stigma all reduce access and engagement with detox programs. Because of these factors, only a minority of homeless individuals receive detox services, roughly around one in four. This makes the option 25% the best reflection of the disparity, since it captures the substantially lower utilization among homeless people compared with their non-homeless counterparts. The other numbers would imply access levels that don’t align with the documented barriers and underutilization seen in this population.