Food insufficiency and health services utilization in a national sample of homeless adults

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 627-634

  Baggett, Travis P ^a,b,c   Singer, Daniel E ^a,b   Rao, Sowmya R ^a   O'Connell, James J ^a,b,c   Bharel, Monica ^a,b,c   Rigotti, Nancy A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

food insufficiency; health services utilization; homelessness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958271740     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1638-4     Document Type: Article

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