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Gender Disparities in Performance Measures 2008-2011
Category: Health Care
The number of women Veterans using Veterans Health Administration (VHA) services doubled in the past decade (159,630 in FY2000 to 292,921 in FY2009). VHA ramped up services for women Veterans to assure that women Veterans receive equitable, high quality comprehensive health care. The 2008 Report of the Under Secretary for Health Workgroup on Provision of Primary Care to Women Veterans noted that only 33% of VA health care facilities offered fully comprehensive primary care to women Veterans. It also noted that primary care delivery to women was fragmented over multiple sites and multiple providers, that there were significant differences in quality outcomes on gender-neutral measures in women compared to men, and that there were an insufficient number of VHA clinicians with specific training and experience in women's health issues. One recommendation was to achieve gender equity in provision of clinical care.
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VA HSRD
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