Behavioral health services use among heads of homeless and housed poor families

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 582-590

  Park, Jung Min ^a   Metraux, Stephen ^b   Culhane, Dennis P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral health services; Costs; Homelessness; Low income families; Service use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; PROPENSITY SCORE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHILADELPHIA; POVERTY; PROPENSITY SCORE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952945780     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0298     Document Type: Article

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