New to Care: Demands on a Health System When Homeless Veterans Are Enrolled in a Medical Home Model
Author(s) -
Thomas O’Toole,
Claire Bourgault,
Erin Johnson,
Stephen G. Redihan,
Matthew Borgia,
Riccardo Aiello,
Vincent Kane
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2013.301632
Subject(s) - veterans affairs , medicine , specialty , emergency department , mental health , substance abuse , confidence interval , medical home , health care , family medicine , relative risk , gerontology , psychiatry , primary care , economics , economic growth
We compared service use among homeless and nonhomeless veterans newly enrolled in a medical home model and identified patterns of use among homeless veterans associated with reductions in emergency department (ED) use.
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