Are patients at veterans affairs medical centers sicker? A comparative analysis of health status and medical resource use

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 3252-3257

  Agha, Z ^a   Lofgren, R P ^a   Vanruiswyk, J V ^a   Layde, P M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER;

EID: 0034722752     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.21.3252     Document Type: Article

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