Veterans administration health care utilization among sexual minority veterans

Psychological Services

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-232

  Simpson, Tracy L ^a,b   Balsam, Kimberly F ^b   Cochran, Bryan N ^c   Lehavot, Keren ^a,b   Gold, Sari D ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Gay; Health care utilization; Lesbian; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VETERAN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84881276683     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031281     Document Type: Article

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