Health Equity in the Veterans Health Administration From Veterans' Perspectives by Race and Sex.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Advancing equitable patient-centered care in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires understanding the differential experiences of unique patient groups.

Objective

To inform a comprehensive strategy for improving VHA health equity through the comparative qualitative analysis of care experiences at the VHA among veterans of Black and White race and male and female sex.

Design, setting, and participants

This qualitative study used a technique termed freelisting, an anthropologic technique eliciting responses in list form, at an urban academic VHA medical center from August 2, 2021, to February 9, 2022. Participants included veterans with chronic hypertension. The length of individual lists, item order in those lists, and item frequency across lists

SUBMITTER: Lee NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10877456 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature