Estimating lost revenue from a free-care mandate in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1150-1152

  Smith, Mark W ^a,b   Chow, Adam ^a   Kimerling, Rachel ^a  

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

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA; OUTPATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL ABUSE; VETERAN; AMBULATORY CARE; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL COST; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL FEE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RAPE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; RAPE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 85047688234     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2010.61.11.1150     Document Type: Article

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