Competing priorities as a barrier to medical care among homeless adults in Los Angeles

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-220

  Gelberg, Lillian ^a,d   Gallagher, Teresa C ^e   Andersen, Ronald M ^b   Koegel, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE;

EID: 0030892271     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.2.217     Document Type: Article

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