Hospitalized younger: A comparison of a national sample of homeless and housed inpatient veterans

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 173-184

  Adams, Jennifer ^a   Rosenheck, Robert ^b,c   Gee, Lauren ^e   Seibyl, Catherine L ^d   Kushel, Margot ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Northeast Program Evaluation Center   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Homeless persons; Mental health; Substance abuse; Utilization; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 33947498388     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2007.0000     Document Type: Article

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