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MEDICAL YEAR
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tian Assistance Ministries and SAMMinistries were Discussion
also tracked, in addition to referrals Street Medicine During its first two years of operations, SMSA
made to the above social work organizations for as- provided care to 220 patients over 419 encounters.
sistance (Figure 4). Finally, the authors tracked 71 percent were male. The majority of patients, 163,
SMSA provider referrals for follow-on medical care had one encounter with SMSA. Four patients were
(Figure 5). treated over 10 visits. The maximum number of visits
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