Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 176-184, May 2009

Gender Differences in Veterans Health Administration Mental Health Service Use: Effects of Age and Psychiatric Diagnosis

  • Sharmila Chatterjee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research (CHQOER), Bedford VAMC (152), Bedford, Massachusetts and Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Sharmila Chatterjee, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Department of Health Policy and Management, Bedford VAMC (152), Bedford, MA 01730.
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  • Maria E. Rath, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Avron Spiro III, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts and Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Susan Eisen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research (CHQOER), Bedford VAMC (152), Bedford, Massachusetts and Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Kevin L. Sloan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, Washington and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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  • Amy K. Rosen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research (CHQOER), Bedford VAMC (152), Bedford, Massachusetts and Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 14 May 2008; received in revised form 13 March 2009; accepted 16 March 2009.

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PII: S1049-3867(09)00027-9

doi:10.1016/j.whi.2009.03.002

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Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 176-184, May 2009