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. 1999 Oct;49(447):819.

How to provide for the primary health care needs of homeless people: what do homeless people in Leicester think?

N C Hewett 1
PMCID: PMC1313536  PMID: 10885089

Abstract

The best means of improving access to primary health care for homeless people remains controversial, but the debate may be informed by the opinions of homeless people. A questionnaire asked users of a homeless drop-in centre to choose between the options of facilitated access to mainstream primary health care or special provision for homeless people. While both models of care were endorsed, 84% of homeless people preferred a special homeless service.

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