Homelessness, health status, and health care use

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 464-469

  Schanzer, Bella ^a   Dominguez, Boanerges ^a   Shrout, Patrick E ^b   Caton, Carol L M ^a,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c New York University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SHORT FORM 36; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SANITATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MORBIDITY; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC FACILITIES; SOCIAL WELFARE; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33847759485     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.076190     Document Type: Article

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