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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 5/2008

01-09-2008 | Brief Report

HIV/AIDS Health Service Utilization by People Who have been Homeless

Authors: Randal Henry, Jean L. Richardson, Susan Stoyanoff, Gary P. García, Fredrick Dorey, Ellen Iverson, Jan B. King

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 5/2008

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Abstract

People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) who experience homelessness have competing priorities (e.g., food, security of property) and experience complex health-related issues (e.g., co-morbidities, transportation to clinics) that may interfere with utilizing health care services. Using data from 229 PLWHA we did not find that homelessness was related to fewer or shorter clinic visits. Patients who had ever been homeless were more likely to have a case manager (74.2%) than never homeless patients (58.8%). African American patients were less likely to have a case manager (57%) as compared to other ethnicities (66%) although this was not statistically significant.
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Metadata
Title
HIV/AIDS Health Service Utilization by People Who have been Homeless
Authors
Randal Henry
Jean L. Richardson
Susan Stoyanoff
Gary P. García
Fredrick Dorey
Ellen Iverson
Jan B. King
Publication date
01-09-2008
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 5/2008
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-007-9282-z

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