Where minorities receive their care may contribute to disparities in care, yet, the racial
concentration of care in the Veterans Health Administration is largely unknown. We sought …

Objectives: To examine Black-White patient differences in mortality and other hospital
outcomes among Veterans treated in Veterans Affairs (VA) and non-VA hospitals …

ContextRacial disparities in health care delivery and outcomes may be due to differences in
health care access and, therefore, may be mitigated in an equal-access health care system …

Objective. To examine the source of observed lower risk‐adjusted mortality for blacks than
whites within the Veterans Affairs (VA) system by accounting for hospital site where treated …

Background: Several studies have reported lower risk-adjusted mortality for blacks than
whites within the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system, particularly for those age 65 and …

ABSTRACT A comparative study was conducted on patients in military hospitals in response
to recent studies at veterans' hospitals showing the possibility that access to an equal …

OBJECTIVE: Health care delivery systems that offer equal access to ambulatory care may
hold promise for preventing and correcting racial disparities that exist in our health care …

OBJECTIVES: Less is known about racial disparities in mortality from medical conditions
than for procedures. We determined whether black-white disparities in risk-adjusted hospital …

Background The reasons for racial differences in health care are not well known, but the
characteristics of hospitals where people receive care may be an important factor in the …

Background—African Americans are more likely to be seen by physicians with less clinical
training or to be treated at hospitals with longer average times to acute reperfusion …