Do Veterans Health Administration Enrollees Generalize to Other Populations?

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 493-507

  Wong, Edwin S ^a,b   Wang, Virginia ^c,d   Liu, Chuan Fen ^a,b   Hebert, Paul L ^a,b   Maciejewski, Matthew L ^c,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

comparative research; Medicaid; Medicare; propensity score models; veterans

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; POPULATION MODEL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VETERANS HEALTH; ADULT; AGE; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84978761961     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558715617382     Document Type: Review

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