Does improving geographic access to VA primary care services impact patients' patterns of utilization and costs?

Inquiry

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-42

  Fortney, John C ^a,b,c,h   Maciejewski, Matthew L ^d,e   Warren, James J ^a,b   Burgess, James F ^f,g  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h Bldg 58   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOLDIER; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 22444443575     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_42.1.29     Document Type: Article

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