Preferences for sites of care among urban homeless and housed poor adults

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 599-605

  O'Toole, Thomas P ^a,b   Gibbon, Jeanette L ^a   Hanusa, Barbara H ^a   Fine, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department care; Health service utilization; Homeless; Preferences for care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POVERTY; SELF REPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; POVERTY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0032721894     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.09258.x     Document Type: Article

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