Utilization and intensity of outpatient care related to military sexual trauma for veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq

Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 220-233

  Turchik, Jessica A ^a,b   Pavao, Joanne ^a   Hyun, Jenny ^a   Mark, Hanna ^a   Kimerling, Rachel ^a  

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

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864243002     PISSN: 10943412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11414-012-9272-4     Document Type: Article

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