Health and Mental Health Care Utilization by Clients of Resources for Homeless Persons in Quebec City and Montreal, Canada: A 5-Year Follow-Up Study
| Autor: | Louise Fournier, Michel Perreault, Jean-Pierre Bonin, Régis Blais, Noé Djawn White |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male Mental Health Services medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Adolescent Health informatics Health Services Accessibility Sex Factors Nursing Surveys and Questionnaires Health care Humans Medicine Community Health Services Health policy Aged Aged 80 and over Chi-Square Distribution business.industry Health Policy Public health Age Factors Quebec Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Mental health Community-Institutional Relations Health psychology Health Care Surveys Family medicine Ill-Housed Persons Female Health education business Needs Assessment Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. 37:95-110 |
| ISSN: | 1556-3308 1094-3412 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11414-009-9184-0 |
| Popis: | The objective of this cohort study is to describe the service utilization by clients of homeless resources in Quebec and Montreal (Canada) over a 5-year period. Participants (N = 426) were recruited from a survey conducted in 1999 about clients' utilization of resources intended for homeless people in Montreal and Quebec. Data analyzed in this study were also drawn from three administrative databanks managed by the Quebec health care system. Results revealed that: (1) in general, mental health services are less used than physical health services; (2) generally, women, older persons, nonhomeless persons, and persons with mental health problems utilized proportionately more health services; and (3) participants involved in this study tend to continue using services over years in a system where health services are free. These findings are discussed in terms of long-term service utilization by clients of homeless resources. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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