Evidence brief: Update on prevalence of and interventions to reduce racial and ethnic disparities within the VA

As part of its mission to champion the advancement of health equity, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Health Equity (OHE) is partnering with the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) to evaluate gaps in morbidity and mortality outcomes among vulnerable Veteran populations...

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Main Authors: Peterson, Kim, McCleery, Ellen (Author), Waldrip, Kallie (Author)
Corporate Authors: United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Portland VA Medical Center Evidence-based Synthesis Program Center, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (U.S.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research & Development Service May 2015, 2015
Series:Evidence-based synthesis program
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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520 |a As part of its mission to champion the advancement of health equity, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Health Equity (OHE) is partnering with the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) to evaluate gaps in morbidity and mortality outcomes among vulnerable Veteran populations with major conditions and to examine trends in quality of care across these conditions. Because of the shortened timeframe of this evidence brief, we only evaluated studies of race- and ethnicity-based mortality and morbidity differences since these are the OHE's highest priority indicators of health care quality