Characteristics and service use of homeless veterans and nonveterans residing in a low-demand emergency shelter

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 751-757

  Petrovich, James C ^a   Pollio, David E ^b   North, Carol S ^c  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRIME; EMERGENCY SHELTER; HEALTH SERVICE; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME; EMERGENCY SHELTER; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84901921815     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201300104     Document Type: Article

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