Dynamic waitlisted design for evaluating a randomized trial of evidence-based quality improvement of comprehensive women's health care implementation in low-performing VA facilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women's Health Services (WHS) in the Veterans Health Administration (VA) has long partnered with VA researchers to evaluate how VA care is organized for women veterans. This partnership has yielded substantial evidence of (1) variations in women veterans' access to comprehensive healthcare services that contribute to disparities in quality and patient experience and (2) the positive impacts of gender-specific care models for women veterans' quality and satisfaction. In an effort to provide support specifically to sites that were low-performing in women's health, WHS and the VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative co-funded an effort to roll out and evaluate evidence-based quality improvement (EBQI), an implementation strategy with demonstrated effectiveness in a prior

SUBMITTER: Hamilton AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7427959 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature