Assessing quality of care: Administrative indicators and clinical outcomes in posttraumatic stress disorder

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 180-188

  Rosenheck, Robert ^a,b,c,d   Fontana, Alan ^a,b   Stolar, Marilyn ^a,c  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northeast Program Evaluation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Department of Veterans Affairs; Mental health; Outcome assessment; PTSD; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; COMBAT DISORDERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 0033073214     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199902000-00008     Document Type: Article

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