Evaluating equity in a national virtual care management intervention: Delivery and outcomes by race/ethnicity among Veterans with hypertension and diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate whether the Preventive Health Inventory (PHI)-a virtual care management intervention addressing hypertension and diabetes management implemented nationally in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)-was delivered equitably among racial/ethnic groups and if existing inequities in hypertension and diabetes outcomes changed following PHI receipt.

Data sources and study setting

We used data from the VHA Corporate Data Warehouse among Veterans enrolled in primary care nationally from February 28, 2021 to March 31, 2022.

Study design

We used logistic regression to evaluate PHI receipt and hypertension and diabetes outcomes after PHI implementation among Veterans with hypertension and/or diabetes. We conducted unadjusted analyses and analyses adjusting

SUBMITTER: Marcotte LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11622288 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature