Patient satisfaction and use of veterans affairs versus non-veterans affairs healthcare services by veterans

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 453-460

  Stroupe, Kevin T ^a,b,h   Hynes, Denise M ^a,c   Giobbie Hurder, Anita ^a   Oddone, Eugene Z ^d,e   Weinberger, Morris ^d,f   Reda, Domenic J ^a   Henderson, William G ^g  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Continuity of care; Patient satisfaction; Utilization; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 18844375560     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000160377.82164.d3     Document Type: Article

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