Why study health disparities within the Veterans Health Administration?
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) affords an important opportunity for health equity research because access to health care is similar across veteran populations, thus eliminating access to care as a potential confounder or complicating factor in measuring differences in health. Second, VHA has unique and comprehensive data on all of the veterans it serves; such data is a rich source of information that can be used for analysis. Additionally, the VHA’s coordinated structure may allow the health system to implement improvements efficiently and broadly. Finally, achieving equity in health care is fundamental to the VHA, which is committed to providing the highest-quality and most cost-effective health care to all veterans, regardless of race, ethnicity or gender.
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