Autor: |
Emese Nagy-Borsy, Zsolt Vági, Petra Skerlecz, Blanka Szeitl, István Kiss, Zsuzsa Rákosy |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2021 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
Archives of Public Health, Vol 79, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2049-3258 |
DOI: |
10.1186/s13690-021-00534-2 |
Popis: |
Abstract Background Homelessness has risen recently in Europe, but there is lack of comprehensive health data on this population. Our aim was to characterize the health of the Hungarian homeless population. Methods We performed a health survey with 453 homeless individuals. The results were compared to the age and sex standardized data of the general Hungarian population and its lowest income quintile from the European Health Interview Survey 2014. The differences by the ETHOS classification within the homeless population were also studied. Results Significantly fewer homeless people reported good health status than in the general population or in its lowest income quintile (p |
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