Changes in veterans' use of outpatient care from 1992 to 2000

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2246-2251

  Long, Judith A ^a,b   Polsky, Daniel ^a   Metlay, Joshua P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SOLDIER;

AMBULATORY CARE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 28444460272     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.061127     Document Type: Article

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