Unique health care utilization patterns in a homeless population in Ghent

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Verlinde, Evelyn ^a   Verdée, Tine ^a   Van De Walle, Mieke ^a   Art, Bruno ^a   De Maeseneer, Jan ^a   Willems, Sara ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955702268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-242     Document Type: Article

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