The Burden of Illness in the First Year Home: Do Male and Female VA Users Differ in Health Conditions and Healthcare Utilization

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-97

  Haskell, Sally G ^a,b   Mattocks, Kristin ^a,b   Goulet, Joseph L ^a,b   Krebs, Erin E ^c,d,e   Skanderson, Melissa ^f   Leslie, Douglas ^g   Justice, Amy C ^a,b   Yano, Elizabeth M ^h,i   Brandt, Cynthia ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Roudebush VA Center on Implementing Evidence Based Practice   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTRACEPTION; DEPRESSION; EAR DISEASE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MILITARY SERVICE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650737310     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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