Private Health Insurance and Veterans Use of Veterans Affairs Care

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1085-1097

  Kashner, T Michael ^a   Muller, Andreas ^b   Richter, Elizabeth ^c   Hendricks, Ann ^d   Van Deusen Lukas, Carol ^e   Stubblefield, D Ray ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^d Center for Health Quality Outcomes and Economic Research   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^f Dallas VA Ctr Hlth Serv Res D   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Public care; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRIVATE SECTOR; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 0032111050     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199807000-00014     Document Type: Article

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