The effects of homelessness on Veterans' health care service use: An evaluation of independence from comorbidities

Public Health

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 985-992

  LePage, J P ^a,b   Bradshaw, L D ^a,e   Cipher, D J ^c,e   Crawford, A M ^d,e   Hoosyhar, D ^a,b,e  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^d Dallas VA Research Corporation   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed days of care; Chronic medical diseases; Emergency department treatment; Homelessness; Hospitalization; Veterans

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOMELESSNESS; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEPATITIS; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VULNERABLE POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; VETERANS HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925581185     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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