Setting the stage for a new strategic plan for geriatrics and extended care in the veterans health administration: Summary of the 2008 VA State of the Art Conference, "The changing faces of geriatrics and extended care: Meeting the needs of veterans in the next decade"

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2330-2339

  Shay, Kenneth ^a,b   Burris, James F ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b Veterans Administration Central Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW; VETERAN;

AGED; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; FORECASTING; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 57149136479     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02079.x     Document Type: Review

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