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Making sense of street chaos

An ethnographic exploration of homeless people’s health service utilization

Bibliographic Data

ID15394352
AuthorsAustin O’Carroll (0000-0003-3936-5042, corresponding author), D Wainwright (0000-0002-5818-4952)
Year2019
Volume18
Issue1
Pages113-113
Publication date2019-07-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal for Equity in Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1475-9276 • E-ISSN: 1475-9276
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12939-019-1002-6
PMID31337407
OpenAlexW2962683595
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited67

An explanatory critical realist model integrating the identified generative mechanisms, external and internalised barriers was developed to explain why the Health service Utilization of homeless people differs from the domiciled populations. This new model has implications for health service policy makers and providers in how they design and deliver accessible health services to homeless people

Health care · Mental health · Mental illness · Population · Psychiatry · Public health · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology

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Unique citing works24
Citations per year4
Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 24

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