Health care for homeless and unstably housed: Overcoming barriers

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 586-592

  Rabiner, Mark ^a   Weiner, Amy ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

compliance; health care barriers; homelessness; social factors; unstable housing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; READING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT NAVIGATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84866375596     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.21339     Document Type: Article

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