Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mortality Across the Veterans Health Administration

• Main Authors: Michelle S. Wong (Author), Katherine J. Hoggatt (Author), W. Neil Steers (Author), Susan M. Frayne (Author), Alexis K. Huynh (Author), Elizabeth M. Yano (Author), Fay S. Saechao (Author), Boback Ziaeian (Author), Donna L. Washington (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mary Ann Liebert, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose: Equal-access health care systems such as the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) reduce financial and nonfinancial barriers to care. It is unknown if such systems mitigate racial/ethnic mortality disparities, such as those well documented in the broader U.S. population. We examined racial/...