Patient factors related to the odds of receiving prevention services in veterans health administration medical centers

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1153-1160

  Rabiner, Donna J ^a   Branch, Laurence G ^b   Sullivan Jr , Robert J ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 0032861126     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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