Impact of health insurance status and a diagnosis of serious mental illness on whether chronically homeless individuals engage in primary care

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Chwastiak, Lydia ^a,b   Tsai, Jack ^a   Rosenheck, Robert ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869172153     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301025     Document Type: Review

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