The Highland Health Advocates: A preliminary evaluation of a novel programme addressing the social needs of emergency department patients

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 599-605

  Losonczy, Lia Ilona ^a   Hsieh, Dennis ^a   Wang, Michael ^b   Hahn, Christopher ^a   Trivedi, Tarak ^a   Rodriguez, Marcela ^a   Fahimi, Jahan ^c   Alter, Harrison ^a  

^a HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Highland Hospital Alameda Health System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to Care; Emergency Department Utilization; Law; Medico Legal; Patient Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL NEEDS; EMPLOYMENT; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INCOME; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85026293893     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2015-205662     Document Type: Article

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