Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 133-138 , May 2006

VA emergency health care for women: Condition—critical or stable?

  • Donna L. Washington, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
    • University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
    • VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center of Excellence, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Donna L. Washington, MD, MPH; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11301 Wilshire Blvd., 111G, Los Angeles, CA 90073.
    • ,
  • Elizabeth M. Yano, PhD

      Affiliations

    • VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center of Excellence, Los Angeles, California
    • UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Caroline Goldzweig, MD, MSHS

      Affiliations

    • VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
    • University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
    • VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center of Excellence, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Barbara Simon, MA

      Affiliations

    • VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center of Excellence, Los Angeles, California

Received 28 May 2004 ,Accepted 12 September 2005.

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 Funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Public Health and Environmental Hazards, #XVA-65-003; Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Service, #RCD-00-017 (Dr. Washington).

PII: S1049-3867(05)00111-8

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2005.12.003

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 133-138 , May 2006

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