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Housing and the Role of Hospitals

Description
Provides an overview of the role of housing in health, and discusses what hospitals can can do to address housing instability as a social determinant of health. Offers five case studies of innovative hospital and health system programs related to housing, including a rural California program that provides safe transitional housing to chronically homeless patients after discharge from the hospital.
Date
08/2017
Type
Document
Organizations
American Hospital Association, Health Research & Educational Trust
Tagged as
Hospitals · Housing and homelessness · Social determinants of health · California

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