Formerly homeless people had lower overall health care expenditures after moving into supportive housing

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 20-27

  Wright, Bill J ^a   Vartanian, Keri B ^a   Li, Hsin Fang ^a   Royal, Natalie ^a   Matson, Jennifer K ^a  

^a Center for Outcomes Research and Education at Providence Health and Services (CORE)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PILOT PROJECTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOUSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958174903     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0393     Document Type: Article

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