Use of the internet and an online personal health record system by US veterans: Comparison of Veterans Affairs mental health service users and other veterans nationally

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1089-1094

  Tsai, Jack ^a,b   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a,b,c  

^a VA New England Mental Illness Research   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84867687525     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-000971     Document Type: Article

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