Female Veterans' Use of Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Services

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1114-1119

  Hoff, Rani A ^a   Rosenheck, Robert A ^b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Female veterans; Health services utilization; Mental health services; National Survey of Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; WOMEN;

EID: 0032109545     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199807000-00017     Document Type: Article

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