The Boston health care for the homeless program: A public health framework

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1400-1408

  O'Connell, James J ^a,b   Oppenheimer, Sarah C ^b   Judge, Christine M ^b   Taube, Robert L ^a   Blanchfield, Bonnie B ^a   Swain, Stacy E ^a   Koh, Howard K ^b  

^a BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

BOSTON; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77954492802     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.173609     Document Type: Article

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