Unmet need for medical care among homeless adults with serious mental illness

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 418-425

  Desai, Mayur M ^a   Rosenheck, Robert A ^b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Homeless persons; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSIS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 27644562301     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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