Systematic review: Comparison of the quality of medical care in veterans affairs and non-veterans affairs settings

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-88

  Trivedi, Amal N ^a,b   Matula, Sierra ^c   Miake Lye, Isomi ^a,c   Glassman, Peter A ^a,c,d   Shekelle, Paul ^a,c,d   Asch, Steven ^a,c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

hospitals; outcomes and process assessment (health care); quality of health care; veterans

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 78650683878     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181f53575     Document Type: Review

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