The organization and delivery of women's health care in Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Congressional eligibility reforms have profoundly changed the array of services to be made available to women veterans in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care facilities. These include access not only to primary and specialty care services already afforded VA users, but also to a full spectrum of gender-specific services, including prenatal, obstetric, and infertility services never before provided in VA settings. The implications of this legislative mandate for delivering care to women veterans are poorly understood, as little or no information has been available about how care for women veterans is organized. This article reports on the first national assessment of variations in the organization of care for women veterans.
Yano
Elizabeth M
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VA Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Center of Excellence, VA Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center and Nursing Home, Sepulveda, California 91343, USA. elizabeth.yano@med.va.gov
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Donna L
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Goldzweig
Caroline
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Caffrey
Cynthia
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Turner
Carole
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