Racial/ethnic variations in veterans' ambulatory care use

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2231-2237

  Washington, Donna L ^a,b   Villa, Valentine ^c   Brown, Arleen ^b   Damron Rodriguez, Joann ^d   Harada, Nancy ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVADA; VETERANS;

EID: 28444438871     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.043570     Document Type: Article

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