America's "undiscovered" Laboratory for health services research

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 751-756

  Gimbel, Ronald W ^a   Pangaro, Louis ^b   Barbour, Galen ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic health record; health information technology; health services research; institutional review board; military health system

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MILITARY SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954953357     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181e35be8     Document Type: Review

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