It takes a village: A multidisciplinary model for the acute illness aftercare of individuals experiencing homelessness

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-272

  Gundlapalli, Adi ^a,b   Hanks, Monte ^c   Stevens, Scott M ^b,d   Geroso, Amy M ^e   Viavant, Christopher R ^c   McCall, Yvonne ^c   Lang, Patrick ^c   Bovos, Michael ^c   Brasncomb, Nicholas T ^c   Ainsworth, Allan D ^c  

^a Wasatch Homeless Health Care (WHHC) Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WHHC ^*

^d LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aftercare; Homelessness; Multidisciplinary care; Physical illness; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCESS MODEL; SOCIAL ASPECT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFTERCARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DAY CARE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; TRIAGE; UTAH;

EID: 21644483442     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2005.0033     Document Type: Article

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