Service use and satisfaction among elderly former prisoners of war in South Carolina

Military Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 682-687

  Frueh, B Christopher ^a,b   Sauvageot, Julie A ^b   Elhai, Jon D ^c   Gold, Paul B ^a,b   Hamner, Mark B ^a,b   Arana, George W ^a,b  

^a RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER; PRISONER OF WAR; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042074562     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/168.8.682     Document Type: Article

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