Emergency department use and hospitalizations among homeless adults with substance dependence and mental disorders

Addiction Science and Clinical Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cheung, Adrienne ^a   Somers, Julian M ^b   Moniruzzaman, Akm ^b   Patterson, Michelle ^b   Frankish, Charles J ^c   Krausz, Michael ^a,c   Palepu, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centre for Health Services and Policy Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

At Home study; Emergency department use; Homelessness; Hospital admission; Mental disorders; Substance dependence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; CANADA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84941746268     PISSN: 19400632     EISSN: 19400640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13722-015-0038-1     Document Type: Article

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