Examining the relationship between health-related need and the receipt of care by participants experiencing homelessness and mental illness

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Currie, Lauren B ^a   Patterson, Michelle L ^a   Moniruzzaman, Akm ^a   McCandless, Lawrence C ^a   Somers, Julian M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health services; Homelessness; Mental illness; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84907441842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-404     Document Type: Article

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