The organization and delivery of women's health care in Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 55-61

  Yano, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Washington, Donna L ^a,c   Goldzweig, Caroline ^a,c   Caffrey, Cynthia ^a,d,e   Turner, Carole ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Organizational models; United States Department of Veteran Affairs; Veterans; Women's health services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; SPECTRUM;

EID: 0037625862     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-3867(02)00198-6     Document Type: Article

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