Health insurance and the homeless

Health Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-41

  Kreider, Brent ^a   Nicholson, Sean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care utilization; Health insurance; Homeless

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030898549     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199701)6:1<31::AID-HEC242>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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