Housing the chronically homeless high hopes, complex realities

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1822-1824

  Kertesz, Stefan G ^a,c   Weiner, Saul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HOPE; HOUSING; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; NOTE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST SAVINGS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; PUBLIC HOUSING;

EID: 65549113321     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.596     Document Type: Editorial

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