There have always been homeless people in the United States, but their plight has only recently stirred widespread public reaction and concern. Part of this new recognition stems from the problem's prevalence: the number of homeless individuals, while hard to pin down exactly, is rising. In light of this, Congress asked the Institute of Medicine to find out whether existing health care programs were ignoring the homeless or delivering care to them inefficiently. This book is the report prepared by a committee of experts who examined these problems through visits to city slums and impoverished rural areas, and through an analysis of papers written by leading scholars in the field.
Table of Contents |
skim chapter | |
|---|---|---|
| Front Matter | i-xiv | |
| 1. Who Are The Homeless? | 1-21 | |
| 2. Dynamics of Homelessness | 22-38 | |
| 3. Health Problems of Homeless People | 39-75 | |
| 4. Access to Health Care Services for Homelessness People | 76-102 | |
| 5. Health Care Services for Homeless People | 103-135 | |
| 6. Summary and Recommendations | 136-162 | |
| Appendix A: Legislative Efforts to Aid the Homeless | 163-168 | |
| Appendix B: The Methodology of Counting the Homeless | 169-182 | |
| Appendix C: The Rural Homeless | 183-217 | |
| Appendix D: Site Visits and Meetings with Local Providers of Services to the Homeless | 218-222 | |
| Appendix E: Acknowledgments | 223-224 | |
| Appendix F: Biographical Notes on Committee Members | 225-227 | |
| Index | 228-242 | |
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