Creating a roadmap for delivering gender-sensitive comprehensive care for women veterans results of a national expert panel

Medical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2015, Pages S156-S164

  Dekleijn, Miriam ^a   Lagro Janssen, Antoine L M ^a   Canelo, Ismelda ^b   Yano, Elizabeth M ^b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VA HSR and D Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehensive care; Sex sensitivity; Veterans; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; VETERAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; DELPHI STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84989235524     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000307     Document Type: Article

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