Risk factors for homelessness among women veterans

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-91

  Washington, Donna L ^a,d   Yano, Elizabeth M ^b   McGuire, James ^c   Hines, Vivian ^d   Lee, Martin ^c   Gelberg, Lillian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care utilization; Health services accessibility; Health services needs and demands; Homeless people; Hospitals; Veterans utilization; Women

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

AMBULATORY CARE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 77249084219     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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