VA emergency health care for women: Condition-critical or stable?

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 133-138

  Washington, Donna L ^a,b,c   Yano, Elizabeth M ^c,d   Goldzweig, Caroline ^a,b,c   Simon, Barbara ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Hospitals; Veterans; Women's health services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; VETERAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33744731110     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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