Health risk factors and differences in outcomes between younger and older veterans using VA transitional housing

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-40

  Brown, Lisa M ^a,b   Barnett, Scott D ^b   Frahm, Kathryn A ^a,b   Schinka, John A ^c   Schonfeld, Lawrence ^d   Casey, Roger J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b James A Haley VA Hospital   (United States)

^c MHBS/116B   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; VETERAN; AGE; AGED; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOUSING; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84930173614     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201400022     Document Type: Article

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