Improving access to disability benefits among homeless persons with mental illness: An agency-specific approach to services integration

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 524-528

  Rosenheck, Robert ^a,b,d   Frisman, Linda ^c   Kasprow, Wesley ^a  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NE Program Evaluation Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOLDIER;

EID: 0033047149     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.4.524     Document Type: Article

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