Relationship between clinical conditions and use of veterans affairs health care among Medicare-enrolled veterans

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 762-791

  Petersen, Laura A ^a   Byrne, Margaret M ^b   Daw, Christina N ^c   Hasche, Jennifer ^c   Reis, Brian ^c   Pietz, Kenneth ^c  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Health services; Health services research; Medicare; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGRO; PARASITOSIS; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VETERAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 77951920111     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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