A pilot survey of post-deployment health care needs in small community-based primary care clinics

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Noël, Polly H ^a,b   Zeber, John E ^a,b   Pugh, Mary J ^a,b   Finley, Erin P ^a,b   Parchman, Michael L ^c  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Post deployment health; Primary care; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 79960867218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-79     Document Type: Review

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