A primary care-public health partnership addressing homelessness, serious mental illness, and health disparities

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 279-287

  Weinstein, Lara Carson ^a   La Noue, Marianna D ^a   Plumb, James D ^a   King, Hannah ^a   Brianna, Steinl ^a   Tsemberis, Sam ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pathways to Housing   (United States)

Author keywords

Community Medicine; Delivery of Health Care; Homeless Persons; Mental Health; Public Health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

COMMUNITY MEDICINE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOMELESS PERSONS; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK; UNCOMPENSATED CARE;

EID: 84877762696     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.03.120239     Document Type: Article

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