How accessible is medical care for homeless women?

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 510-520

  Lim, Yee Wei ^a   Andersen, Ronald ^a   Leake, Barbara ^b,c,d   Cunningham, William ^a   Gelberg, Lillian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Homeless; Utilization of health care; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036616040     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200206000-00008     Document Type: Article

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