Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 89-99 , March 2006

Quality of health care for older women: What do we know?

  • Beth Kosiak, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Beth Kosiak, PhD, Associate Executive Director for Health Policy, American Urological Association, 1000 Corporate Boulevard, Linthicum, MD 21090.
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  • Judy Sangl, ScD
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  • Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, MD, MSc, PhD

Received 17 September 2004 ,Revised 29 November 2004 ,Accepted 3 January 2005.

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1 The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the Federal government.

PII: S1049-3867(05)00007-1

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2005.01.003

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 89-99 , March 2006

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