Street outreach for homeless persons with serious mental illness: Is it effective?

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 894-907

  Lam, Julie A ^a,b   Rosenheck, Robert ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Case management; Homeless; Mental illness; Street outreach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033190705     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199909000-00006     Document Type: Article

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