Dual use of VA and non-VA hospitals by Veterans with multiple hospitalizations

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  West, Alan N ^a,b,c   Charlton, Mary E ^d,e   Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary ^d,f  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c White River Junction VA Medical Center   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual use; Insurance; Non VA hospitalizations; Psychiatry; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAVEL; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84942436556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1069-8     Document Type: Article

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