Changing patterns of care for war-related post-traumatic stress disorder at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers: The use of performance data to guide program development

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 795-802

  Rosenheck, Robert ^a,b,c   Fontana, Alan ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; STRESS; TREATMENT PLANNING; WAR;

EID: 0032722429     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.11.795     Document Type: Article

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