When health insurance is not a factor: National comparison of homeless and nonhomeless US veterans who use veterans affairs emergency departments

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2013, Pages

  Tsai, Jack ^a,b,c   Doran, Kelly M ^c   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a,b,c  

^a Education   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84888248528     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301307     Document Type: Article

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