Housing assistance and case management: Improving access to substance use disorder treatment for homeless veterans

Psychological Services

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-240

  Winn, Jaime L ^a   Shealy, Suzanne E ^a   Kropp, Gary J ^a   Felkins Dohm, Donna ^a   Gonzales Nolas, Cheryl ^a   Francis, Elie ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to treatment; Addiction; Case management; Homelessness; Housing assistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VETERANS; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881304718     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031051     Document Type: Article

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