Health Care of Homeless Veterans: Why Are Some Individuals Falling Through the Safety Net?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 929-933

  O'Toole, Thomas P ^a,f   Conde Martel, Alicia ^b   Gibbon, Jeanette L ^c   Hanusa, Barbara H ^d   Fine, Michael J ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^c Maricopa County Health Dept   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Mental health; Needs assessment; Substance abuse; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SOLDIER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345688734     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.21209.x     Document Type: Article

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