Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
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Womens Health Issues · Jul 2021
The Focus They Deserve: Improving Women Veterans' Health Care Access.
Veterans Health Administration (VHA) initiatives aim to provide veterans timely access to quality health care. The focus of this analysis was provider and staff perspectives on women veterans' access in the context of national efforts to improve veterans' access to care. ⋯ Although some issues affect all veterans, problems with community care referrals may disproportionately affect women veterans' access owing to a necessary reliance on community care for a range of gender-specific services.