Identification of American Indian and Alaska Native veterans in administrative data of the Veterans Health Administration and the Indian Health Service

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1577-1578

  Kramer, B Josea ^a,e   Wang, Mingming ^b   Hoang, Tuyen ^b   Harker, Judith O ^b   Finke, Bruce ^c   Saliba, Debra ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e GRECC (11E)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; UNITED STATES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE; VETERANS;

EID: 33748090262     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.073205     Document Type: Article

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