Quality of health care: The views of homeless youth

Health Services Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 695-708

  Ensign, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless youth; Primary care; Qualitative research; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142780606     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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