Health problems and service utilization in the homeless

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 443-452

  Sachs Ericsson, Natalie ^a   Wise, Emily ^b   Debrody, Corey Phillips ^c   Paniucki, Heather Bradley ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^c Charles W Flanagan High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Medical problems; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033227173     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0717     Document Type: Article

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