“…17.5% of the homeless with SMI responded in the affirmative (Kim et al, 2007, p. 368). Financial issues were considerable barriers, including a shortage of money (Happell et al, 2012;McCabe & Leas, 2008;O'Day, Killeen, Sutton, & Iezzoni, 2005); cost of care (Borba et al, 2012;O'Day et al, 2005), concern with rising finanicial debt as part of considering whether to access care services (Schmutte et al, 2009), and insurance coverage (Borba et al, 2012;Decoux, 2005;O'Day et al, 2005;Schmutte et al, 2009). Cost was an issue to access for 34% (proportion representing a "yes" response) of the participants in Kim et al's study (2007) and 12% endorsed this issue in the Drapalski et al (2008) study of veterans in the US.…”