Twelve-month client outcomes and service use in a multisite project for chronically homelessness adults.
Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic Homelessness clients (N = 734) were enrolled into an evaluation wherein assessments at program entry and quarterly thereafter addressed sociodemographic characteristics, health status, and a wide range of service use and outcomes data. Mixed linear regres...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 167 - 184 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2010
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