The number of female veterans has more than doubled in the last 15 years, and this growth
is expected to continue. This study examines the current utilization of both overall and …

Abstract Background American Indians/Alaska Natives (AIAN) experience a high burden of
cardiovascular disease with rates for fatal and nonfatal heart disease approximately twofold …

Background: The Veterans Choice Program (VCP), aimed at improving access to care,
included expanded options for Veterans to receive primary care through community …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Effects of advances in Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) women's health care on women veterans' health care decision making are unknown …

Rates of hospitalization among black and white male and female Medicare beneficiaries, 65
years of age and older, for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and …

Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention at
Veterans Affairs and Community Care Hospitals | Journal of the American College of …

This study compares the use of health services by veterans with that by nonveterans;
compares the use of health services by veterans from different service cohorts with each …

Background Since 1989, New York State has disseminated comparative information on
outcomes of coronary bypass surgery to the public. It has been suggested that this program …

Numerous studies have demonstrated the importance of race, payor, and gender in
determining the use of cardiac services, including revascularization procedures (bypass …

Background: Women, ethnic minorities, and uninsured persons receive fewer cardiac
procedures than affluent white male patients do, but rates of use are crude indicators of …