A four-system comparison of patients with chronic illness: The military health system, Veterans health administration, Medicaid, and commercial plans

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 936-943

  Gibson, Teresa B ^a   Lee, Todd A ^b   Vogeli, Christine S ^c   Hidalgo, Julia ^d   Carls, Ginger Smith ^e   Sredi, Katherine ^e   DesHamais, Susan ^f   Marder, William D ^g   Weiss, Kevin B ^b   Williams, Thomas V ^h   Shields, Alexandra E ^c  

^a THOMSON REUTERS   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Thomson Reuters   (United States)

^f THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g THOMSON REUTERS   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 70350714443     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-03-7808     Document Type: Article

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