Tailoring Outreach Efforts to Increase Primary Care Use Among Homeless Veterans: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 886-898

  O’Toole, Thomas P ^a,b,d   Johnson, Erin E ^a   Borgia, Matthew L ^a   Rose, Jennifer ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

community outreach; homeless persons; patient engagement; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SHELTER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VETERAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOMELESS PERSON; MASSACHUSETTS; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; RHODE ISLAND; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RHODE ISLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 84931567389     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3193-x     Document Type: Article

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