Substance use and access to health care and addiction treatment among homeless and vulnerably housed persons in three Canadian cities.

Substance use and access to health care and addiction treatment among homeless and vulnerably housed persons in three Canadian cities.

We examined the prevalence of substance use disorders among homeless and vulnerably housed persons in three Canadian cities and its association with unmet health care needs and access to addiction treatment using baseline data from the Health and Housing in Transition Study.In 2009, 1191 homeless an...

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Main Authors: Anita Palepu, Anne Gadermann, Anita M Hubley, Susan Farrell, Evie Gogosis, Tim Aubry, Stephen W Hwang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3790780?pdf=render

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