Consultation request patterns, patient characteristics, and utilization of services within a veterans affairs medical center chiropractic clinic

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 599-603

  Dunn, Andrew S ^a   Passmore, Steven R ^b  

^a VA Western New York Health Care System   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; VETERAN;

EID: 45749084081     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.6.599     Document Type: Article

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