Veteran Identity and Race/Ethnicity

Harada, Nancy D.; Damron‐Rodriguez, JoAnn; Villa, Valentine M.; Washington, Donna L.; Dhanani, Shawkat; Shon, Herbert; Chattopadhyay, Manas; Fishbein, Howard; Lee, Martin; Makinodan, Takashi; Andersen, Ronald

doi:10.1097/00005650-200201001-00013

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“…Multivariate models revealed that, even with adjustment for VA care, black race remained an independent negative predictor for influenza and pneumococcal vaccine use among black veterans, implying that blacks receiving VA care still had lower rates than their white counterparts. Better understanding of barriers to vaccine use are imperative, because black veterans more often used VA ambulatory care than white veterans 21 and preferred the VA for care 22 . Because of the small sample of respondents, there was not sufficient power to compare vaccination rates of VA users and nonusers representing other minority groups.…”

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Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination in Older Veterans: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Chi

Reiber

Neuzil

2005

J American Geriatrics Society

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Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination in Older Veterans: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

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Reiber

Neuzil

2005

J American Geriatrics Society

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“…The data come from the Veteran Identity Program (VIP), a 4‐year study designed to explore the use of outpatient care by veterans 22 . The institutional review board of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System approved the study.…”

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Living Alone and Outpatient Care Use by Older Veterans

Guzman

Sohn

Harada

2004

J American Geriatrics Society

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In nonveteran older adults, living alone influences outpatient care use, but its importance in the veteran population has not been well studied. The aims of this study are to describe the use of outpatient care by older veterans who live alone versus those who live with others and determine whether living alone influences outpatient use by older veterans. The data come from the 2001 Veteran Identity Program Survey designed to measure Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and non-VA outpatient care use. Univariate and bivariate analyses were conducted to examine distributional properties, associations, and subgroup differences in outpatient care use. Poisson regression was used to assess the role of living alone on outpatient care use, controlling for predisposing, other enabling, and need factors. Results found that older veterans who use the VA, whether they live alone or not, have similar numbers of VA outpatient visits. Older veterans who use VA and non-VA facilities and who live alone have greater total outpatient visits than those who live with others. Regression results indicate that living alone is a predictor of VA routine medical visits, VA prescription refill visits, and total VA and non-VA outpatient visits but does not influence VA emergency room visits. These findings suggest that living alone is associated with differences in outpatient care use by older veterans. It is important for the VA to understand this relationship with the aim of developing interventions to improve access, effectiveness, and efficiency of health services for older veterans.

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“…Use of the VA health system also appears to be influenced by an individual's self‐identity as a veteran. For example, preference for VA outpatient care, as opposed to non‐VA care, appears significantly associated with combat exposure, war era (e.g., WWII, Korean War), rating of military experience, membership in veterans' organizations, and veteran influence in daily life (Harada, Damron‐Rodriguez, and Villa 2002).…”

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Measurement in Veterans Affairs Health Services Research: Veterans as a Special Population

Morgan¹,

Teal²,

Reddy³

et al. 2005

Health Services Research

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Objective. To introduce this supplemental issue on measurement within health services research by using the population of U.S. veterans as an illustrative example of population and system influences on measurement quality. Principal Findings. Measurement quality may be affected by differences in demographic characteristics, illness burden, psychological health, cultural identity, or health care setting. The U.S. veteran population and the VA health system represent a microcosm in which a broad range of measurement issues can be assessed. Conclusions. Measurement is the foundation on which health decisions are made. Poor measurement quality can affect both the quality of health care decisions and decisions about health care policy. The accompanying articles in this issue highlight a subset of measurement issues that have applicability to the broad community of health services research. It is our hope that they stimulate a broad discussion of the measurement challenges posed by conducting ''state-of-the-art'' health services research.

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Veteran Identity and Race/Ethnicity

Cited by 52 publications

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Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination in Older Veterans: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination in Older Veterans: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Living Alone and Outpatient Care Use by Older Veterans

Measurement in Veterans Affairs Health Services Research: Veterans as a Special Population

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