Health care access and utilization patterns in unstably housed HIV-infected individuals in New York City

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 690-695

  Cunningham, Chinazo O ^a,c   Sohler, Nancy L ^a   McCoy, Kate ^a   Heller, Daliah ^b   Selwyn, Peter A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CitiWide Harm Reduction Inc   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 27344455195     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2005.19.690     Document Type: Article

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