Homing in on the homeless: Assessing the physical health of homeless adults in Los Angeles County using an original method to obtain physical examination data in a survey

Health Services Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 533-549

  Kleinman, Lawrence C ^a,b   Freeman, Howard ^d   Perlman, Judy ^c   Gelberg, Lillian ^b  

^a Synergy Health Care Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND   (United States)

^d UCLA ^*

Author keywords

health policy; Homeless; program evaluation methods; survey methods; underserved

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LEG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029905684     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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