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Author(s): Stephen W. Hwang, Joanna Ueng, Shirley Chiu, Alex Kiss, George Tolomiczenko, Laura Cowan, Wendy Levinson, Donald A. Redelmeier
Publication Date: 2010
Objectives. We examined the extent of unmet needs and barriers to accessing health care among homeless people within a universal health insurance system.
Methods. We randomly selected a representative sample of 1169 homeless individuals at shelters and meal programs in Toronto, Ontario. We determined the prevalence of self-reported unmet needs for health care in the past 12 months and used regression analyses to identify factors associated with u...