… (8.1%) of the approximately 23 million surviving veterans in … , the number of female veterans
enrolled in VA healthcare is … of female veterans by monitoring and coordinating VA programs …

… Because of the low proportion of women, VA health care systems were designed and still …
VA health care utilization patterns among female veterans differ from those of male veterans…

… mental health service utilization and barriers among female veterans, this … female veterans
who identified the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as their main source of health care. …

… we identified these female veteran stakeholders from a VHA primary care population by
assessing … a first description of female veterans’ priorities and preferences for mental health care. …

… the health status of women veterans who use VA health care. … the Veterans Health
Administration (VHA), the health status of women veterans was compared to that of men veterans …

… of VA health care services among female veterans who … VA health care, reasons for not
seeking mental health treatment, and types of VA services desired by women OEF/OEF veterans. …

… Reproductive life planning and preconceptual health care are of particular importance to
female Veterans because of their vulnerabilities related to physical and mental health problems…

… adverse circumstances specific to healthcare and quality of life. … veteran status and the
complex negotiation female veterans may use to define themselves as both “female” and “veteran…

… The number of female veterans has more than doubled in the last 15 years, and this growth
… overall and Veterans Administration (VA) health care services by female veterans. Current …

… female veteran population would grow to 1,300,000 by the year 2000 and that the proportion
of elderly female veterans would be larger than the proportion of elderly male veterans. …