Usage of unscheduled hospital care by homeless individuals in Dublin, Ireland: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVES: Homeless people lack a secure, stable place to live and experience higher rates of serious illness than the housed population. Studies, mainly from the USA, have reported increased use of unscheduled healthcare by homeless individuals. We sought to compare the use of unscheduled emergenc...

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Published in:BMJ Open
Main Authors: Ní Cheallaigh, Clíona, Cullivan, Sarah, Sears, Jess, Lawlee, Ann Marie, Browne, Joe, Kieran, Jennifer, Segurado, Ricardo, O’Carroll, Austin, O’Reilly, Fiona, Creagh, Donnacha, Bergin, Colm, Kenny, Rose Anne, Byrne, Declan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Epidemiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5719262/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29196477
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016420
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