Permanent supportive housing for homeless people - Reframing the debate

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 375, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 2115-2117

  Kertesz, Stefan G ^a   Baggett, Travis P ^b   O'Connell, James J ^b   Buck, David S ^c   Kushel, Margot B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOMELESS PERSON; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; POLICY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL CARE; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

COST SAVINGS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HOUSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84998636488     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1608326     Document Type: Short Survey

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