Availability of comprehensive women's health care through Department of Veterans Affairs medical center

被引：45

作者：

Washington, DL

Caffrey, C

Goldzweig, C

Simon, B

Yano, EM

机构：

[1] VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Syst, R&D Ctr Excellence, Los Angeles, CA 90073 USA

[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Med, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA

[3] Kaiser Permanente, Lancaster, CA USA

[4] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Sch Publ Hlth, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA

来源：

WOMENS HEALTH ISSUES | 2003年 / 13卷 / 02期

关键词：

women's health services; health services accessibility; hospitals; veterans; ambulatory care/utilization;

D O I：

10.1016/S1049-3867(02)00195-0

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Despite increased numbers of women veterans, little is known about health services delivery to women across the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). To assess VA availability of women's health services, we surveyed the senior clinician at each VA site serving 400 or more women veterans. We found that virtually all sites have developed arrangements, either directly or through off-site contracts, to ensure availability of comprehensive women's health care. On-site care, however, is routinely available only for basic services. Future work should evaluate cost and quality trade-offs between using non-VA sites to increase specialized service availability and using VA sites to enhance continuity of care.

引用

页码：50 / 54

页数：5

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