The relationship between local area labor market conditions and the use of Veterans Affairs health services

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wong, Edwin S ^a,b   Liu, Chuan Fen ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services; Socioeconomic factors; Utilization; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84874811118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-96     Document Type: Article

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