MOVE: weight management program across the veterans health administration: patient- and facility-level predictors of utilization
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MOVE: weight management program across the veterans health administration: patient- and facility-level predictors of utilization
BACKGROUND Health care systems initiating major behavioral health programs often face challenges with variable implementation and uneven patient engagement. One large health care system, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), recently initiated the MOVE!® Weight Management Program, but it is unclear if veterans most in need of MOVE!® services are accessing them. The purpose of this study was to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-511