title: Eliminating Health Disparities: What Can We Learn From the Veterans Health Administration?
authors.affiliation: From National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD. cookn2@nhlbi.nih.gov.
authors.forename: Nakela L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.affiliation: From National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD.
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Mensah
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000401:mortality; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs
keywords: Editorials; coronary disease; ethnology; health status disparities; mortality rate; renal insufficiency, chronic; stroke