Delivering health care on the streets: Challenges and opportunities for quality management

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 239-246

  Howe, Evan C ^a   Buck, David S ^b   Withers, Jim ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Pittsburg Mercy Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Homeless persons; Quality improvement; Quality indicators; Street Medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUERTO RICO; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUERTO RICO; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75349095921     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0b013e3181bee2d9     Document Type: Article

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