Access to the US Department of Veterans Affairs health system: Self-reported barriers to care among returnees of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Elnitsky, Christine A ^a   Andresen, Elena M ^b   Clark, Michael E ^c   McGarity, Suzanne ^c   Hall, Carmen G ^d   Kerns, Robert D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Health psychiatric services; VA health system; Veterans psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888336016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-498     Document Type: Article

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