Military Sexual Trauma and Patient Perceptions of Veteran Health Administration Health Care Quality

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages S145-S151

  Kimerling, Rachel ^a,b   Pavao, Joanne ^a   Valdez, Courtney ^c   Mark, Hanna ^a   Hyun, Jenny K ^a   Saweikis, Meghan ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EVALUATION   (United States)

^c RCS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX OFFENSES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 80155198430     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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