The health of homeless people in high-income countries: Descriptive epidemiology, health consequences, and clinical and policy recommendations

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9953, 2014, Pages 1529-1540

  Fazel, Seena ^a   Geddes, John R ^a   Kushel, Margot ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD WELFARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPEAN UNION; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INFECTION; INJURY; IRELAND; ITALY; LITHUANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLAND; POVERTY; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; TOBACCO USE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOMELESS PERSON; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908297226     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61132-6     Document Type: Review

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