Access to Primary Care Services Among the Homeless: A Synthesis of the Literature Using the Equity of Access to Medical Care Framework

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 77-87

  White, Brandi M ^a   Newman, Susan D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; homeless; primary care

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDLINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCINFO; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOMELESSNESS; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84934274475     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131914556122     Document Type: Review

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