Association between the level of housing instability, economic standing and health care access: A meta-regression

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1212-1228

  Reid, Kristen W ^a,b   Vittinghoff, Eric ^b   Kushel, Margot B ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Health care utilization; Homelessness; Housing instability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT; POVERTY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149184509     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0068     Document Type: Article

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