Veterans health administration and indian health service: Healthcare utilization by indian health service enrollees

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 670-676

  Kramer, B Josea ^a,b   Wang, Mingming ^a   Jouldjian, Stella ^a   Lee, Martin L ^a   Finke, Bruce ^c   Saliba, Debra ^a,b,d  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; American Indian health; Dual use; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESKIMO; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; UNITED STATES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67449097121     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318195fa5e     Document Type: Article

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