Making sense of street chaos: an ethnographic exploration of homeless people’s health service utilization

Abstract Background Homeless people have poor health and mortality indices. Despite this they make poor usage of health services. This study sought to understand why they use health services differently from the domiciled population. Methods Ethnographic observations were conducted at several homele...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Austin O’Carroll, David Wainwright
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-019-1002-6