Health status in VA patients: Results from the veterans health study

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-38

  Kazis, Lewis E ^a   Ren, Xinhua S ^b   Lee, Austin ^b   Skinner, Katherine ^b   Rogers, William ^b   Clark, Jack ^b   Miller, Donald R ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BOSTON; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 0032612021     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106286069901400105     Document Type: Article

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