Use of the health care for the homeless program services and other health care services by homeless adults

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-99

  Han, Beth ^a,b   Wells, Barbara L ^a,b   Taylor, Amy M ^a,b  

^a Dept of Health and Human Services ^*  (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless adults; Other health care services; The Health Care for the Homeless Program Services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; KITCHEN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DENTAL CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0038540203     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049208902238825     Document Type: Article

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