Food insecurity is associated with greater acute care utilization among hiv-infected homeless and marginally housed individuals in san francisco

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-98

  Weiser, Sheri D ^a,b   Hatcher, Abigail ^a   Frongillo, Edward A ^c   Guzman, David ^d   Riley, Elise D ^a   Bangsberg, David R ^e   Kushel, Margot B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

acute care utilization; food security; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84872495538     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2176-4     Document Type: Article

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