Comparing homeless and domiciled patients' utilization of the Harris County, Texas public hospital system

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1660-1670

  Buck, David S ^a   Brown, Carlie A ^a   Mortensen, Karoline ^b   Riggs, John W ^c   Franzini, Luisa ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Delivery of health services; Homeless; Hospital utilization; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; TEXAS;

EID: 84871271106     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0171     Document Type: Article

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