Healthcare Use by Homeless Persons: Implications for Public Policy.(Brief Article)(Editorial)

Health Services Research | February 1, 2000| | Copyright

In this issue, Gelberg, Andersen, and Leake present findings from an important study that examines the use of healthcare by homeless persons. Reading this valuable article, we could only recall what that famous philosopher, Pogo, had to say: "We have seen the enemy and they is us." If clinicians, policymakers, and health services researchers want to understand the root causes of underutilization of health services by vulnerable populations, they need look no further than the organization and delivery of health services itself. This study underscores the fact that, apocryphal ...

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