The impact of VA's geriatric research, education and clinical centers on academic affiliates

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-21

  Bragg, Elizabeth J ^a   Meganathan, Karthikeyan ^b   Shay, Kenneth ^c   Gilman, Stuart C ^d   Zeiss, Robert A ^d   Hettler, Debbie L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical education; Geriatric; Interdisciplinary; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; GERIATRICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

AGING; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 79951930447     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701960.2011.550211     Document Type: Article

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