Improving the quality of discharge care for the homeless: A patient-centered approach

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 444-455

  Ryan Greysen, S ^a   Allen, Rebecca ^b   Rosenthal, Marjorie S ^c   Lucas, Georgina I ^c   Wang, Emily A ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp   (United States)

^c Y SM   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based participatory research; Discharge care; Homelessness; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878468770     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0070     Document Type: Article

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