Characterization of Veterans Who Contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans

Ann Elizabeth Montgomery1, Aerin J deRussy, Joshua S Richman

  • 1Author Affiliations:US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Birmingham, AL VA Health Care System, Birmingham, Alabama (Dr Montgomery, deRussy, Dr Richman, Dr Kertesz); University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior, Birmingham, Alabama (Dr Montgomery, Pandit); UAB, Heersink School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Birmingham, Alabama (Dr Richman); VA, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Dr Dichter); School of Social Work, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Dr Dichter); UAB, Heersink School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama (Dr Kertesz); South Central Mental Illness Research and Education Center & Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, Louisiana (Dr True); Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (Dr True); VA, Salt Lake City, Utah (Dr Nelson); University of Utah, Division of Epidemiology, Salt Lake City, Utah (Dr Nelson); National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, VA Central Office (Dr Tsai); and San Antonio Campus, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas (Dr Tsai).

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