Veteran experiences related to participation in shared medical appointments

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1287-1292

  Cohen, Shannon ^a   Hartley, Sarah ^a   Mavi, Jasbir ^a   Vest, Bridgette ^a   Wilson, Monica ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84871231205     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00212     Document Type: Article

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