Program Evaluation: exploring health disparities that impact chronic pain referrals within a VA Health Care System.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The present Program Evaluation study examines sociodemographic characteristics of Veterans in the Phoenix VA Health Care System who have back pain, and specifically the likelihood of those characteristics being associated with a referral to the Chronic Pain Wellness Center (CPWC) in the year 2021. We examined the following characteristics: Race/ethnicity, gender, age, mental health diagnosis, substance use disorder diagnosis, and service-connected diagnosis.

Methods

Our study used cross sectional data from the Corporate Data Warehouse for 2021. 13624 records had complete data for the variables of interest. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the likelihood of patients' being referred to the Chronic Pain Wellness Center.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Hanson ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10204586 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature