Quality of care for veterans with chronic diseases: Performance on quality indicators, medication use and adherence, and health care utilization

Population Health Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-106

  Neugaard, Britta I ^a,b,c   Priest, Julie L ^d   Burch, Steven P ^d   Cantrell, C Ron ^d   Foulis, Philip R ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VETERANS;

EID: 79951763434     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2010.0020     Document Type: Article

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