Improving health status of homeless patients at a nurse-managed clinic in the Midwest USA

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 469-475

  Savage, Christine L ^a,d   Lindsell, Christopher J ^b   Gillespie, Gordon L ^a   Lee, Roberta J ^a   Corbin, Adele ^c  

^a Galen College of Nursing   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Alcohol abuse; Drug abuse; Homelessness; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY NURSING CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 51149122301     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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