Does screening for pain correspond to high quality care for veterans?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 900-905

  Zubkoff, Lisa ^a,e   Lorenz, Karl A ^a,b,c   Lanto, Andy B ^a   Sherbourne, Cathy D ^b   Goebel, Joy R ^d   Glassman, Peter A ^a,b,c   Shugarman, Lisa R ^b   Meredith, Lisa S ^b   Asch, Steven M ^a,b,c  

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

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VA New England Healthcare Engineering Partnership   (United States)

Author keywords

pain; quality assessment; veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; VETERAN;

ANALGESICS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77956418846     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1301-5     Document Type: Article

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