title: Vulnerable categories of homeless patients in Western societies: experience serious barriers to health care access.
abstract: Correlates of barriers to healthcare access among distinctive categories of vulnerable, homeless persons are examined. Results indicated that stigma, lack of respect of health care providers, lack of insurance, transport problems, confusion, not knowing where to go, too sick to seek help are reported by homeless persons as barriers to healthcare access. Suggestions for improvement are also included.
authors.affiliation: W. Kahn Institute of Theoretical Psychiatry and Neuroscience, UK. Rhenen (Utrecht), The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Willem H J
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Martens
mesh_terms: D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D035862:Vulnerable Populations