Unique health care utilization patterns in a homeless population in Ghent

• Main Authors: Verlinde Evelyn (Author), Verdée Tine (Author), Van de Walle Mieke (Author), Art Bruno (Author), De Maeseneer Jan (Author), Willems Sara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Existing studies concerning the health care use of homeless people describe higher utilisation rates for hospital-based care and emergency care, and lower rates for primary care by homeless people compared to the general population....