Gender disparities in Veterans Health Administration care: Importance of accounting for veteran status

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 549-553

  Frayne, Susan M ^a,b,f   Yano, Elizabeth M ^c,d   Nguyen, Vu Q ^a   Yu, Wei ^a,b,e   Ananth, Lakshmi ^a   Chiu, Victor Y ^a   Phibbs, Ciaran S ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^f CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Health services research; Utilization; Veterans; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 42549085612     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181608115     Document Type: Article

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