Prevalence of Housing Problems Among Community Health Center Patients

Travis P Baggett; Seth A Berkowitz; Vicki Fung; Jessie M Gaeta

doi:10.1001/jama.2017.19869

Prevalence of Housing Problems Among Community Health Center Patients

JAMA. 2018 Feb 20;319(7):717-719. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.19869.

Authors

Travis P Baggett¹, Seth A Berkowitz², Vicki Fung³, Jessie M Gaeta⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
² Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.
³ Mongan Institute Health Policy Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
⁴ Institute for Research, Quality, and Policy in Homeless Health Care, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This study uses national survey data to assess the prevalence and health-related correlates of housing problems among community health center patients.

MeSH terms

Adult
Community Health Centers*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Housing*
Humans
Ill-Housed Persons / statistics & numerical data*
Prevalence
United States

Abstract

MeSH terms

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