Use of recommended ambulatory care services: Is the veterans affairs quality gap narrowing?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 950-958

  Ross, Joseph S ^a,b   Keyhani, Salomeh ^a,b   Keenan, Patricia S ^c   Bernheim, Susannah M ^c   Penrod, Joan D ^a,b   Boockvar, Kenneth S ^a,b   Federman, Alex D ^b   Krumholz, Harlan M ^c,d   Siu, Albert L ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOLESTEROL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 43549110074     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.9.950     Document Type: Article

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