The use of health services by women living homeless in Madrid, Spain

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Poverty & Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-05-27 DOI:10.1002/pop4.401

Malena Lenta, Sonia Panadero, Jorgelina Di Iorio, José J. Vázquez

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Abstract

Women living homeless make up a particularly vulnerable and significantly invisible collective, about which there is little information regarding the use of health services. The purpose of this study is to examine the use of health services by a sample of women living homeless in Madrid, Spain (n = 138). The information was compiled using structured interviews. Results show that women living homeless largely make use of health services (e.g., emergency care, hospitalization, and out‐patient treatment) and tend to feel satisfied with them. However, a significant percentage of women living homeless did not hold a National Health Insurance Card, expressed dissatisfaction with the health services, and said that they did not receive medical care at a time when they considered it necessary. Some of the issues affected, to a greater extent, older women living homeless, foreign women, and those who had abused drugs at some point in their lives.

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西班牙马德里无家可归妇女使用医疗服务的情况

无家可归的妇女是一个特别容易受到伤害和被忽视的群体，有关她们使用医疗服务的信息很少。本研究的目的是抽样调查西班牙马德里无家可归妇女（n=138）使用医疗服务的情况。这些信息是通过结构化访谈收集的。结果表明，无家可归的妇女在很大程度上使用了医疗服务（如急诊、住院和门诊治疗），并往往对这些服务感到满意。然而，相当大比例的无家可归妇女没有国民健康保险卡，对医疗服务表示不满，并表示在她们认为必要的时候没有得到医疗服务。其中一些问题对无家可归的老年妇女、外籍妇女和那些曾经滥用过毒品的妇女的影响更大。

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Poverty & Public Policy SOCIAL WORK-

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1.70

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8.30%

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