ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 2509 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Michael J. Battistone1, Richard E. Nelson2, William D. Ashworth3, Andrea Barker3, Marissa Grotzke4, Timothy A. Huhtala5, Robert Z. Tashjian6 and Grant W. Cannon1, 1Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2Division of Epidemiology, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 3General Internal Medicine, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 4Division of Endocrinology, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 5Division of General Internal Medicine, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 6Division of Orthopaedics, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Community based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) have been established by the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to provide primary care services to veterans living in…