Quality of ambulatory care for women and men in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gender differences in inpatient quality of care are well known. However, whether men and women receive equivalent ambulatory care is less well understood.

Objective

To study gender differences in quality of care for patients receiving primary care in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System.

Design

Cross-sectional samples of VA enrollees during fiscal years 1999 to 2000.

Participants

Samples of 6,442 to 86,405 men and women treated at VA facilities for whom at least 1 of 9 quality measures was available.

Measurements

Appropriate general preventive services (pneumococcal vaccination, influenza vaccination, colorectal cancer screening), and specific services for diabetes (annual hemoglobin A1c [HbA1c] testing, good glycemic control, annual d

SUBMITTER: Jha AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1490181 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature