The article describes the results of the first Slovenian
research of the health situation of the homeless people,
with a special emphasis on the accessibility of the
health care system. A field survey was carried out
on 122 homeless persons from six Slovenian towns.
The analysis has shown that the experience with the
accessibility of the health care system by the homeless
people is not optimal and that the accessibility of this
system is smaller for those with greater risk factors.
Particularly threatened in this sense are the individuals
with the so-called double diagnoses. On the basis of this
analysis recommendations are given for lowering the
threshold in health organisations, for a more integral
and individualised approach to the homeless persons,
and for the development of outreach (health) work.
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