Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions Encountered by a Homeless Healthcare Team

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA. emshannon@mednet.ucla.edu.
² Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁴ UCLA Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Evan Michael Shannon et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 May.

. 2025 May;40(7):1693-1695.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-09092-z. Epub 2024 Dec 3.

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA. emshannon@mednet.ucla.edu.
² Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁴ UCLA Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations:. Conflicts of Interest:: The authors declare no relevant conflicts of interest.

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