Using common themes: Cost-effectiveness of permanent supported housing for people with mental illness

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 404-411

  McLaughlin, Thomas Chalmers ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

homeless; homelessness; mental health; policy analysis; poverty; social welfare policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958748591     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731510387307     Document Type: Article

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