title: Health care utilization among homeless adolescents and young adults.
abstract: A probability sample of Californian homeless females was examined for health service utilization, comparing adolescents to older women. Adolescent homeless women reported higher outpatient visit use. Possessing public health insurance increased the odds of outpatient visits. Future research might use the outpatient setting to aid adolescents in exiting homelessness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA. sbarkin@wfubmc.edu
authors.forename: Shari L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Barkin
authors.forename: Raj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balkrishnan
authors.forename: Janeen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Manuel
authors.forename: Ron M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Lillian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gelberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002140:California; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018453:Homeless Youth / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011336:Probability; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors