The Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations: Application to medical care use and outcomes for homeless people

Health Services Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1273-1302

  Gelberg, Lillian ^a   Andersen, Ronald M ^a   Leake, Barbara D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Health services utilization; Health status; Homeless persons; Mental disorders; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TUBERCULIN TEST; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033959570     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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