Health and use of health services of people who are homeless and at risk of homelessness who receive free primary health care in Dublin 58

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Keogh, Claire ^a   O'Brien, Kirsty K ^a   Hoban, Anthony ^a   O'Carroll, Austin ^b   Fahey, Tom ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Safetynet   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSON; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84927938597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0716-4     Document Type: Article

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