Travel time and attrition from VHA care among women veterans how far is too far?

Medical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2015, Pages S15-S522

  Friedman, Sarah A ^a,b   Frayne, Susan M ^a,c,d   Berg, Eric ^a   Hamilton, Alison B ^e,f   Washington, Donna L ^e,f   Saechao, Fay ^a   Maisel, Natalya C ^a   Lin, Julia Y ^a   Hoggatt, Katherine J ^b,e   Phibbs, Ciaran S ^a,d  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Division of General Medical Disciplines   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Rural communities; Women veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TRAVEL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VETERANS HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; CAR DRIVING; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VETERANS HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84988698731     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000296     Document Type: Article

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