Importance of health system context for evaluating utilization patterns across systems

Health Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-251

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

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Data generating processes; Primary care; Private sector; Public sector; Utilization; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); CLINICAL AUDIT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 79952024091     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1588     Document Type: Article

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