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Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

2021

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Filling Gaps And Setting Boundaries: Examining Utilization Of Health And Social Services At Jeffhope Student Run Clinics., Roy Wang, Amanda Guth, Alyssa Tate, Michele Ly, James D. Plumb Md, Mph Aug 2021

Filling Gaps And Setting Boundaries: Examining Utilization Of Health And Social Services At Jeffhope Student Run Clinics., Roy Wang, Amanda Guth, Alyssa Tate, Michele Ly, James D. Plumb Md, Mph

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

The objective of this study was to describe the frequency that healthcare and social support services offered by JeffHOPE, a student run clinic for people experiencing homelessness in Philadelphia, PA, were utilized by patients. This study also aimed to investigate where patients would seek medical care on a given day had they not been able to access JeffHOPE. This study was conducted via mixed methods consisting of retrospective chart review of patient encounter records and a patient survey conducted weekly throughout 2019, both at a single clinic site, and retrospective chart review of January through March 2020 records at 5 …