Doctor–patient interactions that exclude patients experiencing homelessness from health services: an ethnographic exploration
Background: People experiencing homelessness have poor health indices and poor access to health care. Their health service utilisation (HSU) is typified by: late illness presentations; poor attendance rates at appointments; low usage of primary care services and outpatient departments; and high util...
Main Authors: | Austin O'Carroll, David Wainwright |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Royal College of General Practitioners
2021-05-01
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Series: | BJGP Open |
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Online Access: | https://bjgpopen.org/content/5/3/BJGPO.2021.0031 |
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