Organizational characteristics associated with the availability of women's health clinics for primary care in the Veterans Health Administration

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 824-828

  Bean Mayberry, Bevanne A ^a,b,c   Yano, Elizabeth M ^a,f   Caffrey, Cynthia D ^c,d   Altman, Lisa ^b,c,e   Washington, Donna L ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; VETERAN; GOVERNMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34547950949     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.8.824     Document Type: Article

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