Association of military deployment of a parent or spouse and changes in dependent use of health care services

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 821-828

  Larson, Mary Jo ^a   Mohr, Beth A ^a   Adams, Rachel Sayko ^a   Ritter, Grant ^a   Perloff, Jennifer ^a   Williams, Thomas V ^b   Jeffery, Diana D ^b   Tompkins, Christopher ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)   (United States)

Author keywords

military treatment facility; psychotropic medications; specialist; utilization

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SPOUSE;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865498645     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31825516d8     Document Type: Article

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