Increased mortality among older veterans admitted to va homelessness programs

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 465-468

  Schinka, John A ^a   Bossarte, Robert M ^b   Curtiss, Glenn ^c   Lapcevic, William A ^d   Casey, Roger J ^a  

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

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Center of Innovation on Disability and Rehabilitation Research James A Haley VA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME OF DEATH; VETERAN; AFTERCARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HOMELESS PERSON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AFTERCARE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84989859164     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201500095     Document Type: Article

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