Contraceptive care in the VA health care system

Contraception

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 580-588

  Borrero, Sonya ^a,b   Mor, Maria K ^a,c   Zhao, Xinhua ^a   McNeil, Melissa ^b   Ibrahim, Said ^a,d   Hayes, Patricia ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Race ethnicity; VA; Women's health

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84860506389     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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