"You want people to listen to you": Patient experiences of women's healthcare within the Veterans Health Administration.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify constructs that are critical in shaping Veterans' experiences with Veterans Health Administration (VA) women's healthcare, including any which have been underexplored or are not included in current VA surveys of patient experience.

Data sources and study setting

From June 2022 to January 2023, we conducted 28 semi-structured interviews with a diverse, national sample of Veterans who use VA women's healthcare.

Study design

Using VA data, we divided Veteran VA-users identified as female into four groups stratified by age (dichotomized at age 45) and race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic White vs. all other). We enrolled Veterans continuously from each recruitment strata until thematic saturation was reached.

Data collection/extraction methods

For thi

SUBMITTER: Mog AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11622265 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature