Alcohol problems and health care services use in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and HIV-uninfected veterans

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 8 SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Kraemer, Kevin L ^a   McGinnis, Kathleen A ^b   Skanderson, Melissa ^c   Cook, Robert ^a   Gordon, Adam ^a,c   Conigliaro, Joseph ^d   Shen, Yujing ^e   Fiellin, David A ^f   Justice, Amy C ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drinking; Health services; HIV disease AIDS; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS; VETERANS;

EID: 33747858669     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000223703.91275.78     Document Type: Article

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