Reliance on veterans affairs outpatient care by medicare-eligible veterans

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 911-917

  Liu, Chuan Fen ^a,b   Manning, Willard G ^c   Burgess, James F ^d,e   Hebert, Paul L ^a,b   Bryson, Chris L ^a,f   Fortney, John ^g,h,i   Perkins, Mark ^a   Sharp, Nancy D ^a,b   MacIejewski, Matthew L ^j,k  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^g CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^j DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Medicare; outpatient; primary care; specialty care; veteran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERANS HEALTH;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 80052934594     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31822396c5     Document Type: Article

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