Mapping Gender Differences in Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Care A Pilot Assessment of LDL Cholesterol Testing Rates in a California Health Plan

• Main Author: Bird, Chloe E. (auth)
• Other Authors: Fremont, Allen (auth), Hanson, Mark (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2014
• Subjects: Coping with illness & specific conditions; History of the Americas; Cardiovascular medicine; Public health & preventive medicine; Clinical & internal medicine; Health Sciences; Public Health; History
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The care women receive for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes-and their health outcomes-continue to lag behind those of men, even for routine care. Awareness of and action to address gender gaps in women's CVD care are limited, in part, because quality of care is not routinely measured a...