Unintended consequences of regionalizing specialized VA addiction services

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 668-674

  Wallace, Amy E ^a,b   West, Alan N ^a   Booth, Brenda M ^d,e   Weeks, William B ^a,c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^d CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VETERAN;

EID: 34249716697     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2007.58.5.668     Document Type: Article

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