Health care coverage and access to care: The status of Minnesota's veterans

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 769-774

  Jonk, Yvonne C ^a,b,d   Call, Kathleen Thiede ^b   Cutting, Andrea H ^a   O'Connor, Heidi ^a,b   Bansiya, Vishakha ^b   Harrison, Kathleen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance coverage; Safety net; Use of VHA non VHA care; VHA enrollees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERANS;

EID: 23444460705     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000170403.97264.39     Document Type: Article

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