Medical care for the homeless elderly

Care Management Journals

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-30

  Horn, Ansell ^a,b  

^a Saint Vincent's Midtown Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Homeless; Mental illness; New York; Universal health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW YORK CITY; UNCOMPENSATED CARE;

EID: 42949091920     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1521-0987.9.1.25     Document Type: Article

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