Needing primary care but not getting it: The role of trust, stigma and organizational obstacles reported by homeless veterans

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1019-1031

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

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER ON HOMELESSNESS AMONG VETERANS   (United States)

^d PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Attitudes; Homeless; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESS PERSON; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940368556     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2015.0077     Document Type: Article

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