Comparison of outpatient health care utilization among returning women and men Veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Duggal, Mona ^a   Goulet, Joseph L ^a,c   Womack, Julie ^c   Gordon, Kirsha ^c   Mattocks, Kristin ^c   Haskell, Sally G ^a,c   Justice, Amy C ^a,c   Brandt, Cynthia A ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 77953660660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-175     Document Type: Article

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