Research ArticleOriginal Research

Reasons Older Veterans Use the Veterans Health Administration and Non-VHA Care in an Urban Environment

Matthew R. Augustine, Tanieka Mason, Abigail Baim-Lance and Kenneth Boockvar
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2021, 34 (2) 291-300; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.02.200332

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