The Veterans Health Administration: A domestic model for a national health care system?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2124-2126

  Ibrahim, Said A ^a,b  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDITORIAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VETERAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 38449098891     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.125575     Document Type: Editorial

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