Medical comorbidity and receipt of medical care by older homeless people with schizophrenia or depression

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1456-1460

  Folsom, David P ^a   McCahill, Margaret ^a   Bartels, Stephen J ^a   Lindamer, Laurie A ^a   Ganiats, Theodore G ^a   Jeste, Dilip V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCREENING; COMORBIDITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0036829956     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.53.11.1456     Document Type: Article

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