Accessibility and Acceptability of the Department of Veteran Affairs Health Care: Diverse Veterans' Perspectives

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-250

  Damron Rodriguez, JoAnn ^a,b   White Kazemipour, Whitney ^a,b   Washington, Donna ^a,b   Villa, Valentine M ^a,b   Dhanani, Shawkat ^a,b   Harada, Nancy D ^a,b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; WAR;

EID: 1542723556     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.3.243     Document Type: Article

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