Outcomes monitoring and the testing of new psychiatric treatments: Work therapy in the treatment of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder

Health Services Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 133-151

  Rosenheck, Robert ^a   Stolar, Marilyn ^a   Fontana, Alan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Outcomes; Post traumatic stress disorder; Propensity scores; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; WORK RESUMPTION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 0034000705     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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