Patient satisfaction with Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care: Do women differ from men?

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 283-288

  Kressin, Nancy R ^a,b   Skinner, Katherine ^a,b   Sullivan, Lisa ^b   Miller, Donald R ^a,b   Frayne, Susan ^a,b   Kazis, Lewis ^a,b   Tripp, Tara ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DM STAT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER;

EID: 0032966468     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.4.283     Document Type: Article

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