Delivery of clinical genetic consultative services in the Veterans Health Administration

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 609-619

  Scheuner, Maren T ^a,b   Marshall, Nell ^a   Lanto, Andrew ^a   Hamilton, Alison B ^a,b   Oishi, Sabine ^a   Lerner, Barbara ^c   Lee, Martin ^a   Yano, Elizabeth M ^a,d  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical genetic consults; genetic health care models; organization of genetic services

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH; WEB BROWSER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; GENETIC CONSULTATIVE SERVICE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SERVICE; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 84905594548     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: 15300366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gim.2013.202     Document Type: Article

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