Use of outpatient care in veterans health administration and medicare among veterans receiving primary care in community-based and hospital outpatient clinics

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5 PART 1, 2010, Pages 1268-1286

  Liu, Chuan Fen ^a,b   Chapko, Michael ^a,b   Bryson, Chris L ^a,c   Burgess Jr , James F ^d,e   Fortney, John C ^f,g,h   Perkins, Mark ^a   Sharp, Nancy D ^a,b   Maciejewski, Matthew L ^d,i  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VA South Central Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^g CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁱ DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access demand utilization of services; cohort analysis; Medicare; VA health care system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 77956595413     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01123.x     Document Type: Article

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