Care for veterans with mental and substance use disorders: Good performance, but room to improve on many measures

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2194-2203

  Watkins, Katherine E ^a   Pincus, Harold Alan ^b   Paddock, Susan ^a   Smith, Brad ^c   Woodroffe, Abigail ^a   Farmer, Carrie ^a   Sorbero, Melony E ^d   Horvitz Lennon, Marcela ^a   Mannle, Thomas ^e   Hepner, Kimberly A ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e Pilot Consulting Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863421554     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0509     Document Type: Article

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