Rural veterans and access to high-quality care for high-risk surgeries

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5 P1, 2008, Pages 1737-1751

  West, Alan N ^a   Weeks, William B ^a,b   Wallace, Amy E ^a,b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Rural; Surgical mortality; Travel burden; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; SURGICAL APPROACH; VETERAN;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 52149100089     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00876.x     Document Type: Article

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