Homelessness and Mortality Among Persons With Tuberculosis in Texas, 2010-2017.
Saroochi AgarwalAngelina M AlbertEdward A GravissPublished in: Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) (2019)
Our findings indicate that persons experiencing homelessness bear an undue burden of tuberculosis mortality in Texas. The burden may be related to poorer health caused by poverty stressors, comorbidities, or lack of access to health care.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- risk factors
- cardiovascular events
- mental illness
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- public health
- hiv aids
- mental health
- emergency department
- cardiovascular disease
- type diabetes
- adverse drug
- hepatitis c virus
- antiretroviral therapy
- drug induced
- health insurance
- human immunodeficiency virus