Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 22-29 , January 2006

Ensuring high-quality primary care for women: Predictors of success

  • Bevanne A. Bean-Mayberry, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Center for Research on Health Care, Division of General Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: B.A. Bean-Mayberry, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University Drive C (151-C), Pittsburgh, PA 15240
    • ,
  • Chung-Chou H. Chang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research on Health Care, Division of General Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Melissa A. McNeil, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Center for Research on Health Care, Division of General Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Sarah Hudson Scholle, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Research and Analysis, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC, USA

Received 11 November 2003 ,Revised 12 October 2004 ,Accepted 10 December 2004.

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 Dr. Bean-Mayberry’s project was funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veteran’s Integrated Service Network 4, Competitive Pilot Project Funds in 2000. Dr. Scholle is supported in part by the National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health at Magee-Womens Hospital.

PII: S1049-3867(05)00110-6

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2005.12.002

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 22-29 , January 2006

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