Over the past decades, care coordination models have emerged as important tools for health care providers working to better serve the needs of people experiencing homelessness. Historically,
health care services have been segmented, meaning that a person seeking health care would have to go to one location for their primary care and different sites for mental health care, addiction treatment, specialty care, or other services. This service acquisition process is daunting for anyone, but it is compounded for people experiencing homelessness.
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