Table 1.
Characteristics of Previous Studies on Homeless Women and Barriers to Health Care
| Author | Kushel | Rosenheck | Cousineau | Wood | Robertson | Riemer | Jezewski | Gelberg | O'Toole |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study characteristics | |||||||||
| Number in study | 2974 | 1828 | 134 | 194 | 238 | 50 | NA | 363 | 373 |
| Probability sample | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | yes | yes |
| Quantitative | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes |
| Barriers | |||||||||
| Transportation | x | x | x | x | |||||
| Not knowing where to go | x | x | x | x | |||||
| Cost of care | x | x | x | x | |||||
| Waiting times | x | x | x | x | |||||
| Health insurance | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
| Insensitivity | x | x | |||||||
| Homeless status | x | ||||||||
| Competing needs | x | x | |||||||
| Communication problems | x | ||||||||
| Bureaucratic systems | x | ||||||||
| Previously denied care | x | ||||||||
| Relate barriers to | |||||||||
| Unmet need | yes | no | some | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes |
| Where live | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | yes | yes |